The Tropical Fruit Forum

The gentleman, Bob, who ran it apparently passed away from the Covid19 virus. Shame...he was a nice guy with a great selection of trees. 

https://www.newcomertitusville.com/Obituary/184096/Robert-Hopper/Titusville-FL

Here we are years later...7 years after my original post

The tree planted at my father's house has been a success. It is a moderate-vigorous grower and a reliable fruit-setter. Not too heavy but consistent. The mangoes I have had off of it have been intensely sweet with an orange-ish undertone (reminds me a bit of the very sweet Lemon Zest). It is a delicious mango. The descriptions given by others on this thread about the fruit and tree were spot-on!

Here's the tree (pic taken this week) being pruned by my dad and one of the fruits next to a Natural Mystic dragon fruit.

I bought this tree several years back. It was tagged as an Edward. We have 2 Edward trees and this is not an Edward.

The tree is slow growing, spreading somewhat, and bears heavy crops of round fruits weighing usually 450- 650 grams (1-1.4 pounds) that take a long time to mature. The skin of ripe fruits is very light yellow/yellowish (top) green (bottom) overall with a pink blush if exposed to sun. Fruits usually don't mature until August or September. The thick flesh is yellowish- orange without much fiber and is quite good and sweet -- not quite a top tier mango, but very flavorful. The sap smells resinous much like a Kent, not funky like an Alphonso.

In order (caveat: Maha's, Kents, Alphonsos, Grahams, Keitts still need to come in).

1st place: Sweet Tart. Fantastic mango. Loved it.
2nd place: all tied, all excellent, all top tier: Dot, Mallika, Pickering, Spirit of '76, Edward

Yes.

I was the poster who said the Mallika tasted like carrots; and they did one year. However, in subsequent years, if they are picked at the right time they are some of the best mangoes I've had. However, they are finicky on when to be picked, and if picked too early/too late can have a carrot taste or fizz grape soda taste (overripe). I would not ax the tree we have.

Our early Florigons were washed out. The later ones were quite good, sweet with a citrus-hint.

My Diana RWS Panther and Gamo Whisper pellet rifles each shoot at around 1200 fps. That will most definitely pierce and kill an iguana.

I got crops on 3 of my trees this year: Mauritius, Hak Ip and Sweet Heart. All 3 were excellent (hard to rank) but the Sweet Heart and Hak Ip stood out for me. My wife liked the Mauritius, Sweet Heart and then Hak Ip.

I yanked a Barbie Pink guava; the fruit smelled like cat pee. I have a 10' Sweetheart lychee that is on the short list to go; it's only had 2 lychees (one a year) and has been in the ground for 6 years. I also have a Kohala longan that doesn't want to fruit so it is on the way out. I'm giving both until next spring to see if they hold fruit. If not, the saw is coming out!

Get an air rifle and your headline will read like this:
Carrie Harvest: Varmits Decimated By Me

 

The Duncan mango I had yesterday had a pretty strong resinous taste in the spoonfuls taken down near the skin. It was overpowering and not very pleasant. I'm not sure whether to keep the tree or hoick it.

A 9-tray Excalibur. We have done about 100 dehydrating cycles through it (fruit, jerky, spices, veggies), and it works great. It is somewhat loud but is also large...nice capacity.