Fairchild mango- Not washed out- My best mango so far this season 2018

[zands]

I just want to praise the little mango that could. Large size seed, small size mango. No nice coloration such as reds, pinks, purples. A high seed to flesh ratio. But even with our heavy rains they are full flavor. My Carries taste good but bland enough for bsbullie to savor. Pickerings are bland with a few full taste ones. Those are my three that have gotten edible so far.

Fairchild has a good rep for fungus resistance and reliability...as in fruiting each year. Though I admit last year mine put out no fruit, the only time in 8 years.

Pina Colada and Fairchild are two manageable trees. Meaning they are not mad (vigorous) growers and can be kept  to smaller size. Both have fruits that thieves will tend to pass by as compared to mangoes that are red and large or have other nice coloration. Pinks and purples.

[zands]

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fair turning yellow and ripe


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pina colada....small inconspicuous fruit same as fairchild...green until it turns yellow and ripe


pina colada fruit is small to medium size, has smaller seed than fairchild so higher flesh to seed ratio than fairchild. PC also a stronger sweeter "New Zill" taste than Fairchild. The PC tree is 12 feet high and manageable, as is Fairchild. Fairchild tree is presently 15ft high




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[skhan]

Great to see you getting some tasty mangos now.
The Pina Colada gets a deceiving yellow blush (from the sun I suppose) it really throws me off and gets me thinking they're ready to pick.

[zands]

Great to see you getting some tasty mangos now.
The Pina Colada gets a deceiving yellow blush (from the sun I suppose) it really throws me off and gets me thinking they're ready to pick.

Thanks!  My PC fruits, some have some yellow blush in them but are rock hard.

[JF]

Great to hear Zands one of my favorite mangos year in year out ...... very underrated

[FRUITBOXHERO]

My Fairchild is always one of my best mangos! everyone loves them, maybe not a top 5 every year but always a top 10 and it handles everything thrown at it.... great tree everyone should have 1

[edzone9]

Which out of the 2 trees produced the most fruit ?
Thanks Ed

[simon_grow]

Hey Zands

Fairchild’s also seem to make great rootstocks as you suggested to me a couple years ago. The seed husks from Fairchild are extremely difficult to remove but the resulting seedlings have excellent growth rate here in SoCal and the leaves do not show any signs of fungal issues.

Simon

[zands]

Which out of the 2 trees produced the most fruit ?
Thanks Ed

This year Pina Colada has a slight edge over Fairchild.
But for an average over five mango seasons....The average is that PC and Fairchild have similar mango yields.

[FruitFreak]

Is Fairchild best left to ripen on the table until wrinkly similar to Pickering?

[zands]

Hey Zands

Fairchild’s also seem to make great rootstocks as you suggested to me a couple years ago. The seed husks from Fairchild are extremely difficult to remove but the resulting seedlings have excellent growth rate here in SoCal and the leaves do not show any signs of fungal issues.

Simon

Many belated thanks! Glad those Fairchild seeds are doing something good and burrowing through your clay soil.  Panama is where Fairchild is from and probably clay soils. I based this on the Fairchild fruit has high seed to flesh ratio. So it has a priority of survival/reproducing more than some other mangoes. Fairchild is more primitive than other more flashy mangoes. This is confirmed by your difficulty at husk removal.

I’ve heard other people mentioning it but it appears some Pina Colada trees may have been grafted on some sort of dwarfing rootstock?

Mine was on dwarf rootstock and cookie monster's too.  I am fairly sure PC are grafted onto a more normal rootstock now. I base this on the PC trees I see in nurseries.

[pineislander]

Is Fairchild best left to ripen on the table until wrinkly similar to Pickering?

My Fairchild ripen very well on the tree but they drop off very easily at a stage they don't usually get damaged. The ones with color are very quick to get soft and ready to eat but not wrinkled. This has been a great steady producer while many others didn't. This tree shows occasional malformation diseased flowers which I cut off but it still produces.

[zands]

Is Fairchild best left to ripen on the table until wrinkly similar to Pickering?

My Fairchild ripen very well on the tree but they drop off very easily at a stage they don't usually get damaged. The ones with color are very quick to get soft and ready to eat but not wrinkled. This has been a great steady producer while many others didn't. This tree shows occasional malformation diseased flowers which I cut off but it still produces.

The word is reliable. Small and non-pretentious. Planted on perimeter they will not be stolen and same for Piña Colada which are so well hidden by green leaves I have trouble scoping them out. One day they are green and next they are yellow and ready. Both Fairchild and Piña Colada. So invisible to mango thieves. My Piña Colada is planted right by the road and never had theivery