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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?
I was had the opportunity to try a few Fairchilds on my last visit. I thought they were pretty good. I kept a seed, which has already sprouted and growing well. Another advantage to this variety is that its supposed to be polyembryonic.
Aw that would suck if it was a mono. yeah I had only did a search online, and as everyone knows the Internet never lies oh well, I will probably let it grow, I also have a ST Maui seedling I planted which I have no idea if its a mono or poly.
Here is a list noting the Fairchild. I have seen others that left the Fairchild off the poly list.http://stfc.org.au/mangoes-polyembryonic
Curiously, that list has Fairchild as polyembryonic -- maybe it is?One thing to point out is that just because a seed only gives one sprout doesn't preclude the possibility of it being polyembryonic. For example, the lemon zest and orange sherbet (which are polymbryonic) have both have given me plenty of seeds with only one sprout. I'd say that a minority of the seeds I grew from them had multiple sprouts.I cracked open the husks on a couple of coco cream seeds, and they appear to have multiple embryos -- which is odd seeing as how it's a cross of two monoembryonic parents. I guess it's possible that some of the embryos are sterile? I planted them out; we'll see.
Quote from: Cookie Monster on July 18, 2013, 07:21:53 PMCuriously, that list has Fairchild as polyembryonic -- maybe it is?One thing to point out is that just because a seed only gives one sprout doesn't preclude the possibility of it being polyembryonic. For example, the lemon zest and orange sherbet (which are polymbryonic) have both have given me plenty of seeds with only one sprout. I'd say that a minority of the seeds I grew from them had multiple sprouts.I cracked open the husks on a couple of coco cream seeds, and they appear to have multiple embryos -- which is odd seeing as how it's a cross of two monoembryonic parents. I guess it's possible that some of the embryos are sterile? I planted them out; we'll see.So how can LZ and OS be poly yet not true the parent?
Hey I have a polyembriotic Valencia Pride seedling. it hatched three stems from the seed.I'm keeping this one around.
Here is a keo savoy mango I bought from Excalibur last week.
Here is a mango I bought from Excalibur called "OKPT" last week. When I picked up this interesting mango I asked the Latino gal behind the counter what "OKPT" stood for and she said she wasn't sure and it was mis labeled so let the guessing games begin?!?! Could this be okrung pi tong?...it is definitely from the orient.So where do I begin, I loved this mango. It is long at just over 7in and had a hefty weight to it, great length as well as width. This was ripe with yellow skin and brown spots. The flesh was light yellow, fiberless, and seemed like it was on its way to jelly seed the closer to the seed you ate. The flesh to seed ratio was incredible lots of delish mango to eat. The seed is the longest mango seed I have yet see at just over 6in and was very thin. The taste was very different from your tropical peach pineapple or pungent indian "funk" flavor, it was to me the flavor of banana and sugar cane combined. I am going to grow the seed from this mango just incase our paths never meet again.-joep450