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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #675 on: June 24, 2019, 05:29:25 PM »
John, I have not tasted Orange Sherbet yet.

I'm sure it's good (and I have one still sitting in a pot  ::)

I have heard several folks who agree with Joe that OS is less intense than LZ.
And for me too much of a good thing is just about right.
Which is why I also loved the ripe, kind of chilled Pineapple Pleasure I had the other night.

There is still room in my heart for the great classic mangos, of course.


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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #676 on: June 24, 2019, 07:29:20 PM »
I love mango season!



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« Reply #677 on: June 24, 2019, 09:15:24 PM »
John, I have not tasted Orange Sherbet yet.

I'm sure it's good (and I have one still sitting in a pot  ::)

I have heard several folks who agree with Joe that OS is less intense than LZ.
And for me too much of a good thing is just about right.
Which is why I also loved the ripe, kind of chilled Pineapple Pleasure I had the other night.

There is still room in my heart for the great classic mangos, of course.



Dan, have you had sugarloaf yet? I had my first one today and it was off the chain, very much pineapple.

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #678 on: June 24, 2019, 09:58:46 PM »







Tried a few buttercream for first time this year, most I ate were soft with significant give at yellowing green color but I think the best flavor came from this one I ate at full yellow which was very soft. When I cut it open I was expecting mush and watery juice, but the flesh was well intact with viscous juice adhering to the flesh. As the name states the buttercream is very much that in texture, silky with some savory feel to it. For the most part I felt the flavor was one dimensional and mildly sweet, whereas eaten at full yellow I detected some faint resin closest to the peel. The seed seems like it’s a squiggly monoembryonic seed, others I opened up were aborted/shriveled and indeterminate.

On a side note the consistency of butter cream resembled the Ivory I ate afterward as far as texture goes, as a reference point for those who may have had one but not the other. Both are completely fiberless.







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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #679 on: June 24, 2019, 10:28:17 PM »







Tried a few buttercream for first time this year, most I ate were soft with significant give at yellowing green color but I think the best flavor came from this one I ate at full yellow which was very soft. When I cut it open I was expecting mush and watery juice, but the flesh was well intact with viscous juice adhering to the flesh. As the name states the buttercream is very much that in texture, silky with some savory feel to it. For the most part I felt the flavor was one dimensional and mildly sweet, whereas eaten at full yellow I detected some faint resin closest to the peel. The seed seems like it’s a squiggly monoembryonic seed, others I opened up were aborted/shriveled and indeterminate.

On a side note the consistency of butter cream resembled the Ivory I ate afterward as far as texture goes, as a reference point for those who may have had one but not the other. Both are completely fiberless.







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Thanks!  I look fwd to this new to me one. Ivory is a top 50 mango for me so...

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #680 on: June 24, 2019, 10:36:58 PM »
Ate my first Lemon Zest from the tree this year. Taste on a fully ripe one was like a super sweet orange. It taste so much like the sweetest orange, it tricked my brain if I closed my eyes.
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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #681 on: June 25, 2019, 12:09:51 AM »
Ate my first Lemon Zest from the tree this year. Taste on a fully ripe one was like a super sweet orange. It taste so much like the sweetest orange, it tricked my brain if I closed my eyes.

Lemon Zest is absolutely amazing. One of the few varieties I grow despite very high susceptibility to fungal diseases. One of my all time favorite Mangos!

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« Reply #682 on: June 25, 2019, 10:20:02 AM »
Ate my first Lemon Zest from the tree this year. Taste on a fully ripe one was like a super sweet orange. It taste so much like the sweetest orange, it tricked my brain if I closed my eyes.

You are in Cali eating this?

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #683 on: June 25, 2019, 05:54:10 PM »
I have a couple sugarloafs in the living room, looking forward to trying them in the next day or two   :D
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Dan, have you had sugarloaf yet? I had my first one today and it was off the chain, very much pineapple.

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« Reply #684 on: July 01, 2019, 06:26:46 PM »
Ate my first Lemon Zest from the tree this year. Taste on a fully ripe one was like a super sweet orange. It taste so much like the sweetest orange, it tricked my brain if I closed my eyes.

Lemon Zest is absolutely amazing. One of the few varieties I grow despite very high susceptibility to fungal diseases. One of my all time favorite Mangos!

Simon

100% agree. The experience is simply sublime and, in a sea of other mangoes currently providing fruit, Lemon Zest is a unique taste that keeps you coming back for more (if only 1 at a time because it's so damn sweet). It is still my all-time #1 and I'm not even sure if it's a relatively close call. This evening's delight: (WARNING: FOOD PORN)

 








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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #685 on: July 02, 2019, 01:40:38 PM »
Shwehintha (sp) aka Raw Honey

Don’t know too much about the origin of this mango but I assume it is an Asian mango based on long slender shape and slippery gel like texture. I had two mangos to sample, they were long, thin with an “S”  shape one with some blush on the outside, unnoticeable smell to the outer skin. The flesh was golden yellow, completely fiberless with gel like texture and not very juicy. The taste was very much on par with nam doc mai though some differences, more honey flavor and also a black pepper like spice as you near the outer skin, for the “skin eaters” out there this would be one not palatable to eat. The seed was polyembryonic.












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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #686 on: July 02, 2019, 01:50:51 PM »
Just had first today. Nothing exciting, but edible. Did not get any honey, but definetly had a mild sweetness.


Shwehintha (sp) aka Raw Honey

Don’t know too much about the origin of this mango but I assume it is an Asian mango based on long slender shape and slippery gel like texture. I had two mangos to sample, they were long, thin with an “S”  shape one with some blush on the outside, unnoticeable smell to the outer skin. The flesh was golden yellow, completely fiberless with gel like texture and not very juicy. The taste was very much on par with nam doc mai though some differences, more honey flavor and also a black pepper like spice as you near the outer skin, for the “skin eaters” out there this would be one not palatable to eat. The seed was polyembryonic.












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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #687 on: July 28, 2019, 08:28:04 AM »
Going to post a few pics of some mangos I ate earlier this year, not in depth tasting reviews but mainly so forum can see pics of the fruit.

Triple Sec

This was a larger mango, sweet non-fibrous fruit with abnormally thick skin, I found it one dimensional with no resin twist.







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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #688 on: July 28, 2019, 08:48:21 AM »
Sugarloaf

This was my first year eating sugarloaf and it was stinking delicious, honestly this is in my top ten list and will eventually have a spot in my yard. A strange phenomenon happened this year which I had never seen before, all the mangos I purchased were rinsed in water then placed on beach towels (soft padding) on dining room table and allowed ripen. The sugarloafs, and only the sugarloafs, seemed to develop a flattened side as they ripened, I would flip them and then the other side would become flat! Then pictures you can kinda see this! Even on the soft towel padding the delicate flesh was caving under the mangos own weight. This is a mango that would be terrible to ship I think, but probably wouldn’t be shipped because it would be greedily eaten before hand. Also this mango seemed to be ripe and soft while still yellowing green, think on par with Carrie but not as juicy. Also characteristic of the sugarloaf is the “nipple” where the stem connects the fruit. The taste is a tropical medley of sweet coconut upfront with slight sub acid pineapple juice finish. It gives coconut cream a naming crisis though CC is in fact creamier, there is more pronounced coconut in the sugarloaf.  Just my opinion on coconut scale but sugarloaf = sweet coconut, coco cream= subtle spiced coconut, pina colada= more pineapple than coconut.

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #689 on: July 28, 2019, 09:12:14 AM »
36-8 aka Super Alphonse

This mango blows the Alphonse out of the water, larger and better taste with a sweet resin flavor permeating throughout the melting fiberless flesh. Has a large monoembryonic seed and seemed to ripen yellowing green.










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« Reply #690 on: July 28, 2019, 09:30:34 AM »
36-8 aka Super Alphonse

This mango blows the Alphonse out of the water, larger and better taste with a sweet resin flavor permeating throughout the melting fiberless flesh. Has a large monoembryonic seed and seemed to ripen yellowing green.










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I concur.  Sugar loaf defines 'the bomb'.  Its ripening window allows late eating.

To be fair to Alphonso though, perhaps 36-8 is superior to a Florida grown Alphonso...the jury not back on how India grown would compare head to head.

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« Reply #691 on: July 28, 2019, 10:02:55 AM »
Sugarloaf

This was my first year eating sugarloaf and it was stinking delicious, honestly this is in my top ten list and will eventually have a spot in my yard. A strange phenomenon happened this year which I had never seen before, all the mangos I purchased were rinsed in water then placed on beach towels (soft padding) on dining room table and allowed ripen. The sugarloafs, and only the sugarloafs, seemed to develop a flattened side as they ripened, I would flip them and then the other side would become flat! Then pictures you can kinda see this! Even on the soft towel padding the delicate flesh was caving under the mangos own weight. This is a mango that would be terrible to ship I think, but probably wouldn’t be shipped because it would be greedily eaten before hand. Also this mango seemed to be ripe and soft while still yellowing green, think on par with Carrie but not as juicy. Also characteristic of the sugarloaf is the “nipple” where the stem connects the fruit. The taste is a tropical medley of sweet coconut upfront with slight sub acid pineapple juice finish. It gives coconut cream a naming crisis though CC is in fact creamier, there is more pronounced coconut in the sugarloaf.  Just my opinion on coconut scale but sugarloaf = sweet coconut, coco cream= subtle spiced coconut, pina colada= more pineapple than coconut.

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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #692 on: July 29, 2019, 09:40:49 AM »



KEITT
Mild flavor: fruity, fruit cocktail, not distinctive.  Medium sweetness.  Some fiber, but not excessive or unpleasant.  6 points out of 10.
An old-time Florida mango that has served us well, but time to move on.  Only redeeming quality (for mango devotees) is that it can be very late.  Still valuable commercially.
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« Reply #693 on: July 29, 2019, 09:46:42 AM »



LAST PICKERING OF 2019
Strong coconut flavor.  Very sweet.  Slight chalkiness because picked green.  9 points out of 10.
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Re: Mango Reviews
« Reply #694 on: July 29, 2019, 10:16:33 AM »
I would have named LZ cultivar "Just like Minneola tangelo grown in Florida on sour orange or Cleopatra rootstock."

Ate my first Lemon Zest from the tree this year. Taste on a fully ripe one was like a super sweet orange. It taste so much like the sweetest orange, it tricked my brain if I closed my eyes.

Lemon Zest is absolutely amazing. One of the few varieties I grow despite very high susceptibility to fungal diseases. One of my all time favorite Mangos!

Simon

100% agree. The experience is simply sublime and, in a sea of other mangoes currently providing fruit, Lemon Zest is a unique taste that keeps you coming back for more (if only 1 at a time because it's so damn sweet). It is still my all-time #1 and I'm not even sure if it's a relatively close call. This evening's delight: (WARNING: FOOD PORN)

 








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« Reply #695 on: July 29, 2019, 12:41:18 PM »
I would have named LZ cultivar "Just like Minneola tangelo grown in Florida on sour orange or Cleopatra rootstock."
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« Reply #696 on: July 29, 2019, 02:07:01 PM »
I would have named LZ cultivar "Just like Minneola tangelo grown in Florida on sour orange or Cleopatra rootstock."
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« Reply #697 on: July 29, 2019, 05:32:28 PM »

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I concur.  Sugar loaf defines 'the bomb'.  Its ripening window allows late eating.

To be fair to Alphonso though, perhaps 36-8 is superior to a Florida grown Alphonso...the jury not back on how India grown would compare head to head.
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« Reply #698 on: July 29, 2019, 05:57:11 PM »
36-8 aka Super Alphonse

This mango blows the Alphonse out of the water, larger and better taste with a sweet resin flavor permeating throughout the melting fiberless flesh. Has a large monoembryonic seed and seemed to ripen yellowing green.










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I concur.  Sugar loaf defines 'the bomb'.  Its ripening window allows late eating.

To be fair to Alphonso though, perhaps 36-8 is superior to a Florida grown Alphonso...the jury not back on how India grown would compare head to head.

I can only comment on a single 36-8 from a tasting and several Alphonse and Kesar received from an Indian source this year.

The flavor appears to be different, though similar. The 36-8 tasted more similar to Kesar from my memory, but the fruit were sampled ~3 months apart. The Kesars were purchased at the same time as the Alphonse, but the Alphonse were definitely closer to peak ripeness/ ideal brix.

The 36-8 had much more acid than Alphonse, a very nice balance similar to a ripe kiwi. The aroma of 36-8 is intense and spicy, definitely made a strong case for the Pine-free strong spice category. Having limited samples of all three, 36-8 is certainly the one I would like to try again, but it is currently being evaluated for commercial release(read: unavailable), and is monoembryonic.

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« Reply #699 on: August 19, 2019, 06:02:10 AM »
This is a really great thread. I’ve had the opportunity to try some of these new mango varieties this year thanks to some very generous forum members and I can honestly say some were exceptional. Along with those tastings and references from this thread I have made selections to add to the Glenn I had. Thanks everyone for their input.
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