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I think you'll be much better off with a dwarf Hawaiian similar flavor to Julie. Dwarf size and very precocious.I'm willing to have that fight for Julie because my wife was raised on coconut milk and Julie mangoes. In my opinion even if you could see the ocean from your doorstep you're still going to have to spray for anthracnose and powdery mildew so you might as well just get schooled up on it
Quote from: bovine421 on July 07, 2020, 05:16:58 PMI think you'll be much better off with a dwarf Hawaiian similar flavor to Julie. Dwarf size and very precocious.I'm willing to have that fight for Julie because my wife was raised on coconut milk and Julie mangoes. In my opinion even if you could see the ocean from your doorstep you're still going to have to spray for anthracnose and powdery mildew so you might as well just get schooled up on itYeah the flavor is exceptional. I see that you planted yours next to a wall, was it because of space? Having full sun and in a ventilated area should help against fungus right?
That is for cold protection on the south side of my house. The wall retains heat sometimes it gets cool up here. Julie is an island girl she's cold sensitive
Are there any fans of Duncan?
Quote from: johnb51 on July 08, 2020, 11:06:32 PMAre there any fans of Duncan?It is very productive and a workhorse year after year, but the mangoes are usually washed out in the first half of the season. It also has a distinctly bitter taste near the skin that I have not seen in any other mango.
I’m saying this opinion from my own tastes and if the reader has other tasting opinions please forgive me. I am converting 4 of my trees by coincidence right now because their fruits aren’t even close to the qualities of some old standards and especially the new Zill’s and they are my 1 Dwarf Hawaiian and my 3 Maha’s. The novelty of the earliness of DH is outweighed by its inconsistent flavors. If you are from the Islands and love strong and spicy like Julie go for it. Maha is perhaps the most beautiful mango but also the novelty of its beauty and shape and color doesn’t make up for its less than great taste. So why waste a space when you can get a “supremely” delicious Zill.
Unfortunately for me somebody else bought the house on the 9000 sf lot. When we finally get around to finding a house, it will probably have room for only TWO mango trees if I'm lucky! Anyway, back to the 4-5 trees...I think what I would plant might be Dwarf Hawaiian, Orange Sherbet, Sugarloaf, Mahachanok, Carla, and Honey Kiss to get the most flavors and a long season. I know. I can count. That's six.
For what it’s worth if you don’t like spicy strong or turpentined flavors everything that bsullie (Rob) says is gospel not me. Yes for a slow growing smaller tree that makes a lot of mangoes that are pretty good your Pickering is a good choice. The next one is up to you but read all of Robs comments over the years and you’ll make a great 2nd choice too. I based all my decisions for over 200 Mango trees on his comments over the last 5 years and Im happy as heck with what I have. He has an amazing talent which goes way further than just experience. You can probably start at the 2020 tastings then go back to 2015 forward. Or start at 2015 and go forward looking at his entries.
The 2020 season in South Florida ended with some strong reviews of Little Gem, so now I'm thinking Pickering (COCONUT) and Little Gem (INDIAN/W.INDIAN) might be the way to go. In between should be other flavor groups. Orange Sherbet for CITRUS? And how about something representing INDOCHINESE? Keep in mind "compact, productive, and disease-free."
It seems as though the majority of indo-chinese mango trees are vigorous Growers but if you were my neighbor I would cross my fingers and hope that you would plant Zill indochinese zinc. I really like it chalky tartness
Quote from: bovine421 on September 04, 2020, 07:34:03 PMIt seems as though the majority of indo-chinese mango trees are vigorous Growers but if you were my neighbor I would cross my fingers and hope that you would plant Zill indochinese zinc. I really like it chalky tartness I want to be your neighbor. I'm tired of SoFlo. I'm moving up there!