I have 3 trees and all of them smelled like coconut tanning oil before eating.

Yeah the scent of ripe Coconut Cream is lovely. I concur that it smells like Hawaiian Tropic Suntan oil!

I want an acerola that has very high vitamin C content for anti-oxidant & medical value. Taste is a secondary consideration.  Which one do I get and where can I get one?

Vipiniril,

Oh man...I would love to try it! Please go get some kolamb manga if you get the chance...post pic and your review!

Kerala is beautiful country... I loved visiting there very much.

Edgar - seems to make it somewhere on peoples list that have tried it,  and because of its potential as a commercial variety its one that I want to take for a spin.

Sweet Tart - Simply because it seems to have really impressed even some of the mango "snobs" in the forum. also the larger size and description of its intense flavor
                    makes this one a must have.

Tropicdude,

Sweet Tart is a small mango, not large. But HUGE taste.

Edgar has is very sweet, very smooth tasting, succulent flesh, creamy, 'tropical and a touch of resin. I think it has a balanced flavor profile that would be well liked by many... Disliked by few. . If I were growing mangos to sell I would want to trial it.

How is Barbados? A Jamaican friend told me it was really mellow and nice to visit.

Oh yeah... Seacrest for honorable mention... an excellent mango... but I stopped eating it once I cut into a Sweet Tart.  I think I even threw part of it out or froze it, and that was kind of a shame.. but what can you do?  Sweet Tart rules.

Which mangos did you find most delicious this year's season? Here's the place to post your Top 5 or top 10...

1. Sweet Tart - This season was the best I've ever had,  so delicious its unbelievable
2. Maha Chanok - has the most complex and elegant flavor, more subtle than a Sweet Tart
3. Fruit Punch - amazing taste but the fruit is extremely sweet & large - a "family sized" mango
4. Edgar - seriously good, hopefully it will be released
5. Lemon Zest - lots of hype surrounding this mango, justifiably so
6. Carrie - a timeless classic
7. E-4 - an unusual, appealing and "different" taste - very tropical & coconutty
8. Kathy / K-3 - superior ZINc seedling - resin heaven
9. Venus - superior ZINC seedling - yum!
10. Juliette -  great fruity-resinous Caribbean flavor

O Henry

Stopped by Walter Zill's this morning and was sad to hear we're starting to reach the end of their mango season. They had mostly Honey Kiss & Hatcher and O Henrys on sale - and when those finish, it's Keitt, I was told. Then we hit the dog days of the Florida summer, when the temperatures continue to climb but the mango trees are bare.

 The O Henry smells really nice, a fruity peach scent. The inside fruit was a very light yellow color - almost yellow-white towards the edges. The flesh had a light, spongy texture that reminded me of a coco plum - with a bit of fiber.  It tasted moderately sweet, subacidic and had a touch of resin flavor - the kind that tastes more like solvents than spices. I took another bite and tasted something almost exactly like a peach mixed in with the rest of the flavors. I would rate this mango as "good" on the scale that includes feral & street mangos, some of which are nasty and barely edible...but its very lackluster compared to most of varieties sold at Zills. Scent and texture, not taste, are this mango's better qualities.

Sweet Tart

I was getting mango fatigued -- no longer that excited about tasting another sweet orange blob. Tonight that changed. I let this one ripen until the skin was yellow and it began to get soft but not wrinkled. The inside flesh was succulent & dark orange. It reminded me why I love tropical fruit - because of those rare experiences where you taste something so appealing that it seems unlikely it could grow from a natural seed in the ground. Where you wonder if it might have somehow been genetically altered or contain alien DNA?

This mango has a magnificent sweetness that outshines candy & cane sugar... with a musky cantaloupe-like undertone and a bold tartness that tingled and tickled my mouth.  Some cola syrup was under the skin and most concentrated near the stem. I tried to slow down and enjoy each bite... but I staggered and could... not... stop... until all that remained were some paper thin strips of skin and a very clean seed. I rate this mango as "outstanding" - a wonder of nature and agriculture. It's the perfect size, too... any bigger would be gluttonous for something so rich.

Now I wanna try the Kryptonite and Bolt mangos... based on the name and descriptions. How do they compare to Sweet Tart?

Seacrest - Mango Review

From the looks and flavor of this 1lb. mango, I would guess it has PPK genetics. Tastes like a Sweet Tart (or maybe even Dot or Gary?) crossed with a Lemon Zest. First there's a pleasingly acidic zing, then smooth & creamy mango flavors, and finally a full-on LZ-OS citrus finale. No resin flavors and an acidic / OJ aftertaste.  I would rate this mango as "excellent" and say its delicious, recommend it those who like flavorful mangos.

  Next summer I hope to be eating from the 55+ varieties I've planted in my property.

Wow! 

4" long, 3" wide, sorry I didn't weight it but less than 1lb (guess is 12oz).... it is a typical size to the Edgar's I have bought before and the ones in the tray... but I am not too familiar with the crop. I have seen ones with a nicer blush.