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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #625 on: August 29, 2015, 11:44:33 PM »
folks I need to top work a mango tree. Anybody you would recommend? I am in North Miami. thanks

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #626 on: August 30, 2015, 04:48:08 PM »
Here are some mangos i just picked:
Some of these i've never eaten before, like Fukuda, Harumanis, and Smith. Of the new ones only got to try the Fukuda so far. It was still a bit on the hard side when i cut it but still tasted quite nice, but nothing out of the ordinary. Has a little bit of fiber, but not objectionable. Will review the others later as i slice them.
Question about the Fairchild...is it really a Fairchild? As you can see it has a slight pinkish tinge. Is that possible?

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #627 on: September 05, 2015, 06:20:35 PM »


If I had to guess, i would say Kathy and Cotton Candy are the next possible releases on the horizon.

For those wondering, Cotton Candy appears to be polyembryonic.

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #628 on: September 21, 2016, 11:40:13 AM »
First time I had a Jin Huang (golden queen) mango. A nice balance of sweet and acid, and had a hint of the "cola sap" aroma permeating the flesh.
The texture is firm with a good bit of pectin. (Not as high as manilita)
The one i had was the size of a big Valencia Pride but with more of a NDM shape.







Over all, i like  ;D

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« Reply #629 on: December 28, 2016, 01:56:36 AM »
K-3 is a ZINC seedling.  Has promise but no immeadiate or definite plans for release.  What you tasted at the RFC meeting, as with many of those pieces, were not fully ripe and who knows when they were cut (that day or the day before).  I do remember eating this a few years ago and it is a very very good fruit.

when i see the picture, the green mango color looks like brown.
Is that something wrong?

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #630 on: March 01, 2017, 04:35:42 AM »
Mangoes are flowering like mad here... It will be a great season for mangoes  :D

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #631 on: March 01, 2017, 08:27:35 AM »
Not to be a downer...but heavy flowering doesn't automatically mean heavy fruit set...
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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #632 on: March 01, 2017, 09:56:50 PM »
Mangoes are flowering like mad here... It will be a great season for mangoes  :D

Trees in Bani DR ( our mango growing province ) are loaded with flowers.  more than they have been for years.   we had a couple weeks of 64-67 degree nights,  a few weeks ago.   here in the city, the trees are a bit of a mix,  some are loaded , others have a mix of small fruit,  flowers and flushes.   ( pushed flowers a month or two apart ).

I do feel that the season will be a bit later than normal though, I don't see these trees putting out ripe fruit by June.   
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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #633 on: March 02, 2017, 07:37:01 AM »
Mangoes are flowering like mad here... It will be a great season for mangoes  :D

You have one hell of a resource, selection of stock, at your JRN nursery!

Interesting cause mine are just beginning to foliar flush.  Of course I'm a lot colder than you.

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #634 on: May 29, 2017, 04:21:20 PM »
Does 40-33 and e-4 have a name yet/have they been released?
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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #635 on: May 29, 2017, 04:56:13 PM »
Does 40-33 and e-4 have a name yet/have they been released?

40-33 is Orange Essence.   E4 not released and no name.
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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #636 on: May 29, 2017, 11:18:07 PM »
ha nutty. Where did you track down the golden queen?

First time I had a Jin Huang (golden queen) mango. A nice balance of sweet and acid, and had a hint of the "cola sap" aroma permeating the flesh.
The texture is firm with a good bit of pectin. (Not as high as manilita)
The one i had was the size of a big Valencia Pride but with more of a NDM shape.







Over all, i like  ;D
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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #637 on: May 29, 2017, 11:48:48 PM »
ha nutty. Where did you track down the golden queen?

First time I had a Jin Huang (golden queen) mango. A nice balance of sweet and acid, and had a hint of the "cola sap" aroma permeating the flesh.
The texture is firm with a good bit of pectin. (Not as high as manilita)
The one i had was the size of a big Valencia Pride but with more of a NDM shape.







Over all, i like  ;D

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #638 on: July 04, 2018, 09:08:39 PM »
Picked up 7 bolt mangos from mango men, 1st timers to the stand we were given samples from about 7 mangos and both my wife and I when we tried bolt we simultaneously went ummmmm ooooi yummm damn that’s good!  Some pics and review below:

The Bolt mango, don’t really know too much about this mango or it’s origin, supposedly named after usain bolt the famous sprinter from Jamaica, the flavor on first taste does hit you like a bolt or shock of lightning  but if I had to name it would call it funky monkey. The bolt mango is a smaller mango about 3 inches long weighing in at about a half pound with a rounded shape. In total I tried 7 bolts in varying ripeness which the one pictured had some jelly seed whereas the rest were fine. This mango really reminds me of Carrie and suspect by the taste it is a descendant and even tastes like Carrie x Fairchild crossed if there was such a mango. It is interesting because like Carrie the flesh is delicate and melting and can eat more green for more tartness or yellow green for more sweet and juicy, if you let this mango turn full yellow the flesh is too juicy imo. Flavor is delicious and I’m a fan of Carrie, but this is more complex with a sweet Carrie-like resin near the skin while the flesh closer to the seed has a musky funky ness like overripe cantaloupe, hence why I would call it funky monkey 🤷‍♂️ The seed is also poly.

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #639 on: July 05, 2018, 10:32:40 PM »
Great review!  just not my type of mango.

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #640 on: July 06, 2018, 10:52:48 PM »
Tasted the Pina Colada mango for first time, picked up 4 from mango men. The pina colada is a small oddly shaped mango having some random lumps here and there, about 3in long and not quite half a pound in weight. The skin color was mostly yellow with some green and had slight give to thumb pressure, the outside had a slight smell of spices. Cut open the mango which reveled a bright yellow flesh lacking any fiber, with some viscous juice present adhering to the flesh. The flavor was more “Pina” than “pina colada” and fell somewhere between lemon meringue citrus and pineapple pleasure pineapple, where I did not notice the coconut where others have mentioned before, while I was whole heartedly expecting it! 😒 This little mango packs a punch, after eating just one I felt a little uneasy as if I had just gorged on 5 mangos, which could be the tart citrus notes that I have experienced in the lemon zest. The flesh texture was very creamy. IMO, having high expectations of coconutty goodness I was left slightly disappointed and in comparison to the coconut cream which is larger, prettier, more balanced in flavor with more pronounced coconut flavor........really comes down to personal preference as to which is better. Some hear yanni while others hear laurel 🤷‍♂️ The seed is also Poly.







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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #641 on: July 06, 2018, 10:56:17 PM »
Tasted the Pina Colada mango for first time, picked up 4 from mango men. The pina colada is a small oddly shaped mango having some random lumps here and there, about 3in long and not quite half a pound in weight. The skin color was mostly yellow with some green and had slight give to thumb pressure, the outside had a slight smell of spices. Cut open the mango which reveled a bright yellow flesh lacking any fiber, with some viscous juice present adhering to the flesh. The flavor was more “Pina” than “pina colada” and fell somewhere between lemon meringue citrus and pineapple pleasure pineapple, where I did not notice the coconut where others have mentioned before, while I was whole heartedly expecting it! 😒 This little mango packs a punch, after eating just one I felt a little uneasy as if I had just gorged on 5 mangos, which could be the tart citrus notes that I have experienced in the lemon zest. The flesh texture was very creamy. IMO, having high expectations of coconutty goodness I was left slightly disappointed and in comparison to the coconut cream which is larger, prettier, more balanced in flavor with more pronounced coconut flavor........really comes down to personal preference as to which is better. Some hear yanni while others hear laurel 🤷‍♂️ The seed is also Poly.







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Needs to get on the riper side to achieve the piña colada flavor.

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #642 on: August 16, 2018, 11:26:32 PM »
Hey Guys,

Been busy so posting these pics and random notes way later than I wanted too, but hope the pics help at least.

Orange Sherbet





Like everything else opinions vary but imo LZ > LM > OS ....Os has less lemon and less cream flesh texture which is more on par with a gel like NDM. I prefer the creamy flesh, had a few of these OS from mango men, one I brought to work to taste with co workers, pulled it from the fridge and it was delish chilled. Don’t usually eat my mangos chilled but when chilled it tastes even more like sherbet ha. OS poly seed.


Alampur Banashan

Thought this mango was delish, from tropical acres, really reminded me of ice cream mango which is one of my top fav mangos. About same size, pale flesh, cream like texture, and resinous. Mono seed.


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Wasn’t too crazy about this mango, supposedly a Tommy Atkins hybrid with ZINC notes, large like San Felipe, side by side almost identical, fiberless, thick skin, but wasn’t blown away, from mango men. Poly seed.


From Zill Hyperformance plants: some diamond: interesting mango seems like an Asian hybrid in shape, though reminded me of madame Frances/Alphonse straight mango flavor with a NyQuil cough syrup resin aftertaste, laugh at this until you try it is funky strange but uniqueness has grown on me. Seeds look mono but will know for sure once the ones I’m germinating sprout, sorry no pics, yellow mango.

Fruit cocktail, these were meh, maybe bad year? Some syrup or essence of a plastic cup fruit cocktail notes but I wouldn’t go out of my way to grow this, taste buds vary but try this before you buy the tree I think is a good approach, as there are much better mangos.

Lil gems, meh.

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #643 on: June 03, 2019, 02:06:41 PM »
Having a room full of mangoes, 2 kids under 2, and a bunch of budwood that needs grafting, I do not have the time nor the narcotics to write anything creative.  I am also low-tech so these reviews won't be so exciting for those looking for mango porn, but here is a small blurb about each of the mangoes I just sampled:

Tyler Premier:  This is a large round fruit with a very cool shape.  Lots of juicy flesh...didn't notice any fiber.  This isn't going to be anyone's favorite mango, but there's something about them I like.  For a milder mango that has good flavor and isn't offensive, I prefer this to glenn and others of the same ilk.


34-24 (Cecilove):  Awesome mango for those who like bombay.  I have a sunrise ripening so I will see how it measures up, but this is better than Bombay IMHO...creamy seemed larger than Bombay but maybe just different shape...anyway, to me it was an improved Bombay...better than the Emeralds I have had but still have more so maybe they will get better.  Excellent mango!

Wally:  Not a bad mango, had some fiber, juicy, and decent subacid/sweet balance, but just couldn't hold it's own against these heavyweights.

Lemon Zest:  Finally, I get it!!!  LZ will never be my GOAT because I just don't like that orange flavor as much as other mango flavors.  Having said that, my LZ tree will not be on the chopping block ever.  Intense, creamy orange sherbet flavor.  Excellent mango.

Cac:  All jokes aside, this mango is as good as mangoes come...It has intense tropical flavor, creamy texture, and sweet aftertaste...and it's a big mango.  10 out of 10 kind of mango.  SO glad I have a tree!  Was the winner for much of the tasting....until

Kryptonite:  OH, MY FREAKING GOD!!!  This mango was so intense and perfect balance and texture!!  Left me laughing to myself like a crazy person (previously done when eating:  maha chanok, sweet tart, fruit punch, pineapple pleasure, seacrest, and coconut cream).  This mango totally snatched the Gold medal from Cac...not sure what the history on this is, but I suspect it was a # and Richard put a name on it (also see next review)

Last, but not least, was
Bolt (again a "new" variety from Fairchild, named for the Jamaican theme...no info on it, but it was good enough to make me stop and say WOW!  It is on the tart/subacid side, but it is like a tart but not overpowering punch in the taste buds!!  Bolt and Kryptonite deserve more looking into.

1. kryptonite
2. cac
3. bolt
4. lemon zest
5. 34-24
all 5 very worthy of having a tree
Honorable mention: Tyler Premier

Where did you acquire kryptonite and bolt?

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #644 on: June 03, 2019, 10:39:08 PM »
That 34-24 had to have been a mislabeled fruit because it doesn’t have any resinous/Bombay-esque flavor at all. It’s pretty similar to Sweet Tart actually

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #645 on: June 06, 2019, 01:20:49 PM »
Just ate my first mango for 2019.

I got a box from Alex (Tropical Acres, I buy several boxes from him every year and am always so happy I get to try such awesome high-quality mangos) with a nice variety of mangos.

The first one that was ripe was Phillipine

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much. Very small and the color and shape look like Atalufo, which are tasteless, only sweet (pretty insipid). But I was wonderfully surprised! It did have an Indochinese flavor profile. Nothing as intense as Sweet Tart (which is one of my favorites), but a very pleasant tangy citrus to go with the mango sweetness.

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« Reply #646 on: June 07, 2019, 08:59:14 AM »
Just ate my first mango for 2019.

I got a box from Alex (Tropical Acres, I buy several boxes from him every year and am always so happy I get to try such awesome high-quality mangos) with a nice variety of mangos.

The first one that was ripe was Phillipine

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much. Very small and the color and shape look like Atalufo, which are tasteless, only sweet (pretty insipid). But I was wonderfully surprised! It did have an Indochinese flavor profile. Nothing as intense as Sweet Tart (which is one of my favorites), but a very pleasant tangy citrus to go with the mango sweetness.

Philipine?  How cool is that.  Well, I'm next.  I custom ordered last year and they were excellent.  Pineapple Pleasure was over the top.  Speaking of PP, I grafted a stick last year and am letting the little tree hold 3 PP fruit.  FWIW it is a vigorous tree that makes really big fruit.  I forgot how you're growing but if you need a dwarf with very high quality fruit, it's hard to beat Pickering, which I also have in.



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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #647 on: June 07, 2019, 07:05:00 PM »
anyone else with a honey kiss know when it'll ripen?

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« Reply #648 on: June 07, 2019, 07:34:33 PM »
anyone else with a honey kiss know when it'll ripen?

When I got mine a couple years back I was told it is a very late season mango. Mine has good fruit set this year but no signs of ready as of yet. From my understanding August, September and possibly October if you are lucky with some late fruit hanging on. By then my pickering, PPK, Fairchild and CC will be done with fruit will be nice to know one tree will possibly hold late.

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« Reply #649 on: June 07, 2019, 08:19:18 PM »
Thinking my Honey Kiss will start mid-July, it is coloring up nicely.  H.K. is one of my later trees but never past August in my yard in West Davie.  Working on my 3rd season.