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Title: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: Cookie Monster on March 11, 2012, 08:48:19 PM
Here's another tree I really like -- the Rosigold. Year after year, this tree sets 2 crops, one maturing in April and the other maturing in the summer. It's highly productive, precocious, and has a dwarf habit. These were taken today, March 11.


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Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: Tropicalgrower89 on March 11, 2012, 08:59:32 PM
That Rosigold is loaded with fruit!
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: FloridaGreenMan on March 11, 2012, 09:43:08 PM
Mine has one large fruit and is full of new blossoms. 
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: Mfajar on March 11, 2012, 10:14:39 PM
Beautiful! How old is it?
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: puglvr1 on March 12, 2012, 07:42:10 AM
Wow...what a very nice tree...loaded with fruits!! Are those ripe fruit on the bottom of the tree? I'll send you my address so you can ship the ones you don't want,lol... ;D

Nancy
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: HMHausman on March 12, 2012, 08:25:56 AM
Amazing trees....especially when you look at how my Rosigolds are doing without spraying.  What has been the spraying schedule. if any?

Harry
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: adiel on March 12, 2012, 08:39:06 AM
Jeff, that is an awesome mango tree to have.   I have one that is about 3 feet tall and loaded with fruit. 
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: Carbo on March 12, 2012, 10:12:41 AM
You're killing me, Jeff!  I'm hoping to squeeze out half a dozen Cogshall mangoes for the first time, and you have so many fruits that you appear to have a party scheduled for the local rodents.  That's a load of mangoes sitting on the ground!

Just when I was pretty much set on adding a Pickering as my second, and likely last tree due to space limitations, you throw out this Rosigold.  How do the two compare in terms of growth habits, disease resistance, and productivity?
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: HMHausman on March 12, 2012, 11:18:33 AM
How do the two compare in terms of growth habits, disease resistance, and productivity?

From my experience, there is no comparison between the two as far as production and disease resistance.  Pickering wins hands down.  At my house, without spraying heavily, multiple blooming Rosigold will not mature many, if any fruits.  Even with spraying the Rosigold, while not having to spray the Pickering, I think Pickering is slightly better in overall flavor,  Of course, that is subjective and as we always say....taste before deciding.

Harry
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: Carbo on March 12, 2012, 11:29:14 AM
Gracias, Harry.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: Cookie Monster on March 12, 2012, 11:52:41 AM
This tree is 4, possibly 5 years old. The last time I spoke with the owner last summer, he said that he had been using copper; but I don't remember the frequency of his spraying routine.

I'd agree with Harry that the Pickering is a better choice. The pickering is an incredible tree. It's a jawdropping sight to see an older pickering with 1000's of bb-sized fruits. However, having fruits in April (a characteristic of the rosigold) is quite awesome.

My belief is that the two trees (rosi and pickering) are dwarf due mostly to their precocity and productivity. If you preclude a pickering or rosigold from setting fruit, both will grow vigorously.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: zands on December 21, 2013, 05:47:10 AM
@Cookie Monster______

Any report on how this tree did in 2013?   Is it growing in the calciferous Broward county soil we are familiar with?
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: TREESNMORE on December 21, 2013, 08:02:19 AM
Look in buy sell trade there is a pretty one . Merry Christmas
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: mangomandan on December 21, 2013, 11:45:48 AM
Jeff, would you say that the early and the later crops are of equal quality?

So far I don't think my early Rosigolds have had as much flavor as the July ones.  :-\
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: Cookie Monster on December 21, 2013, 05:49:25 PM
I haven't checked on it yet.

My rosiegold was excellent one year and so-so the other. I eventually put a lemon zest in its place :-).
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: LEOOEL on December 21, 2013, 08:53:14 PM
Right now my Rosigold is full of flowers. And, a decent amount of mangos! It has about 40 green/unripe mangos. February is still about a month away. I'm really hoping I can eat Rosigold mangos in February, for the very first time.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: mangomandan on January 25, 2014, 08:04:21 PM
I've eaten a couple Rosigolds this month. The first, very ripe, was just sweet enough to justify eating the whole fruit.

The second, just barely ripe, did taste pretty good, nice blend of sweet and tart.   Maybe not quite as "mangoey" as I'd prefer.

A couple more are nearly ready to pick; maybe I'll hit the jackpot on these.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: MangoFang on January 25, 2014, 09:49:23 PM
Jeez Dan - Mangoes in January...amazing.  These are obviously not the spring or summer mangoes....
or would this be the "spring" crop you're eating now....

I'm wondering if my Keitts could ever hold till January?  Someday, I'm going to let one sit on the
tree.  I've had them as late as Thanksgiving before.....


Gary
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: JF on January 25, 2014, 10:01:05 PM
Jeez Dan - Mangoes in January...amazing.  These are obviously not the spring or summer mangoes....
or would this be the "spring" crop you're eating now....

I'm wondering if my Keitts could ever hold till January?  Someday, I'm going to let one sit on the
tree.  I've had them as late as Thanksgiving before.....


Gary

Yes they will Gary. Peter's Keitt ripen in Christmas for Ashok and I had a NDM in early January.


Btw Gary, my graft from your Rosie is flower I will try my first MangoDog Rosie in summer.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: MangoFang on January 25, 2014, 10:38:33 PM
Cool, JF! It's a tasty one!

But I got a question for the all the mango smarties:

Do the different mango varieties planted in one location, ripen at different times of the year
because of when they flower, how long they take to ripen or a combination of both?



Gary
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: LEOOEL on January 25, 2014, 10:59:28 PM
My 'Rosigold' mango tree is full of almost fully grown mangos. This is the very first time ever that the tree is full of mangos in January, I guess my persistent/constant monthly fertilization regiment payed off.

Today I picked 2 mangos off the ground, under my 'Rosigold' mango tree, I expect them to ripen indoors in a few days. Maybe some of the squirrels or crows that I have working for me, knocked them off the tree. The two mangos are in perfect edible condition. My furry worker friends did a good job.

As for the rest of the mangos, most of them are still green, except for one or two that I noticed today are ready for picking. The way things are going, it sure looks that I'll be having ripe mangos for the first time ever in February.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: socal10b on January 26, 2014, 02:16:49 AM
I would have picked this variety up if it produces two crops a year. Definitely it would be on my wanted list. Thanks for the info.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: mangomandan on January 26, 2014, 08:25:09 AM
Cool, JF! It's a tasty one!

But I got a question for the all the mango smarties:

Do the different mango varieties planted in one location, ripen at different times of the year
because of when they flower, how long they take to ripen or a combination of both?



Gary


I've wondered the same thing, Gary.  I don't think that Neelam,  for example, flowers later than other varieties.  So why does it ripen its smallish fruit at the same time as large varieties like Keitt?    (I keep typing Neelam with a "u" ,  but my dear computer keeps turning it into an "a".)

In my yard I don't see much consistency from year to year as to whether different cultivars flower at the same or at different times. I assume that slight variations in the weather affect different ones in different ways.   I do think that some varieties are better at "holding on" to the fruit from their first flowering. Rosigold and Joellen would be among these.  Maybe Edward?

If you want to try keeping a Keitt on your tree till January, it wouldn't hurt to try protecting it with a bag or something.  The last fruit of the year can be especially tempting to critters.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: edzone9 on January 26, 2014, 09:12:52 AM
Outstanding tree Jeff !
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: MangoFang on January 26, 2014, 11:40:51 AM
Yes, Dan, holding on the tree can vary greatly from one type to another, but all my mangoes
in the past have flowered at the same time for the most part, and ripened at about the same time.
So this early, mid-season, late label so many of the varieties get, I don't seem to see on my
trees out here in the desert.  Now, perhaps with maturity I'll get more separation....or.....

Maybe it's the extreme heat and cold winters that tell the trees to just "do it" all at the same
time.....

I need to keep better records this year to see if there is much difference between them all...


Garfy
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: jc on March 25, 2014, 10:07:03 PM
My Rosigold...
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Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: TnTrobbie on March 25, 2014, 10:29:31 PM
Funny this thread got revived :). Picked my first mango of the 2014 season this evening....a Rosigold. It's certainly the first tree to push flowers, and even after having mature sized fruit on it, it still pushes more flowers (extended season). You definetly have to spray copper on the flowers for it to hold. But having fruit set to early in the FL season makes it a keeper in my book. Looks like I adverted the splitting tendency it suffered last season.

Nice looking tree btw JC :) .
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: Mr. Clean on March 25, 2014, 10:39:51 PM
My Rosigold is two years old.  Last year it yielded three large, delicious mangos.  Squam looked at my Rosigold today and predicts it will yield about 20 mangos this year.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: edzone9 on March 25, 2014, 10:46:44 PM
That's It ! this weekend i will be going down to Miami, and will be bringing back with me, 1 Pickering & 1 RosieGold !;).

Ed..
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: Squam256 on March 25, 2014, 10:55:05 PM
Its too bad the early Rosigolds suck.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: adiel on March 26, 2014, 10:10:36 AM
Jeff congrats, Rosigold is definitely a mango worth having in your collection.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: zands on March 26, 2014, 11:40:05 AM
Its too bad the early Rosigolds suck.

Early Glenns are often washed out. But lots better than nothing and they are at least my first of season. Are any others early duds?     
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: bsbullie on March 26, 2014, 11:55:46 AM
Its too bad the early Rosigolds suck.

Early Glenns are often washed out. But lots better than nothing and they are at least my first of season. Are any others early duds?     

It is usually rainfall that washes out the Glenns. They seem to be more affected than others.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: zands on March 26, 2014, 05:26:45 PM
Thanks Rob and good to see you back! My first 50% of Glenns were bland and watery. It did not rain too much last spring
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: LEOOEL on March 26, 2014, 09:21:42 PM
My 'Rosigold' did not give me ripe mangos on March 1 as it usually does every year, because it did give me ripe mangos in February as intended by my monthly pushing (fertililzing) in the year before. I'm not going to do that again this year because I'm used to getting 'Rosigold' mangos by March 1. What I'm planning on doing is top working a 'Haden' tree with the 'Rosy-Gold,' and then force/push it to give me mangos in February, that'll cover the months of February and March with mangos.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: edzone9 on June 01, 2014, 03:01:18 PM
What would be the Top 5 Most highly productive, precocious Mango Trees?
Pickering
Rosi-Gold
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: SWRancher on June 01, 2014, 11:11:34 PM
What would be the Top 5 Most highly productive, precocious Mango Trees?
Pickering
Rosi-Gold

Although I'm not a fan for "Top 5 most highly productive precocious" have to include Tommy Atkins.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: LEOOEL on June 02, 2014, 12:53:39 AM
The 'Rosy-Gold' is a crazy/great, workhorse of a mango tree. Last year I pushed it just about every month with fertilizer. And as a result, it gave me ripe mangos in February, just as I was planning for. It's just that the quantity of mango that it produced in the month of February was not as much as if I had fertilized the tree as I normally do, just once or twice a year.

The surprising/unexpected thing is that right now, after all the ripe February mangos have gone/ripened, the tree is again, right now, full of mangos that are beginning to ripen and of a larger size than I remember ever seeing!
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: LEOOEL on June 15, 2014, 01:16:52 AM
I suspect that I'm the only one being engulfed in Rosigold mangos right now, at least in my area.

After pushing the tree with fertilizer every month for the past year, it produced a decent crop in February and now in June, I'm again inundated with 'Rosigold' mangos, what a tree, it's a real trooper.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: Guanabanus on June 15, 2014, 09:24:04 AM
Other varieties that are extremely early and very productive are 'Rosa' and 'Dwarf Hawai'ian'.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: edzone9 on June 15, 2014, 09:34:44 AM
Thanks HAR !
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: zands on June 15, 2014, 10:05:31 AM
Other varieties that are extremely early and very productive are 'Rosa' and 'Dwarf Hawai'ian'.

I never see them for sale. I think Truely Tropical sells the fruit
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: SWRancher on June 15, 2014, 10:14:23 AM
I suspect that I'm the only one being engulfed in Rosigold mangos right now, at least in my area.

After pushing the tree with fertilizer every month for the past year, it produced a decent crop in February and now in June, I'm again inundated with 'Rosigold' mangos, what a tree, it's a real trooper.

I have been picking my second late crop of Rosigold's for the last few weeks.   
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: LEOOEL on June 15, 2014, 04:59:41 PM
Other varieties that are extremely early and very productive are 'Rosa' and 'Dwarf Hawai'ian'.

Thank you Har, those Varieties that you've recommended above, definitely deserve to be checked out.
Title: Re: Yah for the Rosigold!
Post by: edzone9 on June 15, 2014, 05:23:52 PM
This is my lil RG With Fruit ;).
Ed..
(http://s22.postimg.cc/uiwsh1jal/Rosi_Gold.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/uiwsh1jal/)

I just pugged it to remove all fruit, the tree is too small.
Ed.