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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Maha Chanoks smell like turnips!
« on: July 15, 2012, 03:52:10 PM »
What have you and Jeff been swapping  ;) ;D :P ...an underripe mango beat a ripe Mahachanok??   >:( :o ??? ::) :-[ :'( :blank:

Not just any under ripe mango. A Lemon Zest.

Murahilin - I thought you were married, to someone not named lemon zest, that is.  As underipe as it as, I did love the chalky-ness of this mango.  Delectable.

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Duly noted.  I suspect the Fairchild crew have some long term goals with this project and with the trees becoming extinct in the wild, great timing on their part to collect and figure out how to propagate them.  As a grow from seed person, patience is something I have in abundance.

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Ate another caraboo this morning and this one was more ripe.  The citrusy taste compliments the sweetness of this one well.  A small smooth mango with big taste.  I love the small seed size which makes it deceptively filling.

I also added a Martian pride for breakfast.  This yellow variety is a little gem.  Almost jelly like flesh with a tangy aftertaste that chases the sweetness quiet nicely.  Similar, with a small seed.  MP works for me.

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Doc Campbell told the crowd they experienced it sit for several weeks with no rain and then 3 inches of rain in one day.  Most other mangoes in the area split but not their NDM #4.  of course other people may have a different experience but just relaying more detail on his lecture.

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Martian Pride seems to be yellowing up.  I just realized my list is not complete so just updated it.  Had another bag I missed!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Wild Mangoes
« on: July 14, 2012, 09:40:53 PM »
An item for further discussion on wild mangoes, particularly those being explored and propagated by Fairchild. 

Here is a link on kastoree.

http://www.botanix.kpr.eu/en/index.php?text=8-kalimantan-mango-kasturi-mangifera-casturi

Interesting this story confirms a lot bu also offers a contradiction of comments (Frankie of Hawaii?) last year regarding quality of the fruit falling to the ground.  The claim was that these HUGE trees had perfect fruit even when falling from great heights.  This article says "the fruit falling to the ground are of much lower quality."

In general, the varying taste, very high disease resistance and capacity to fruit in high humidity/daily rain make them of particular interst to me for my location.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Maha Chanoks smell like turnips!
« on: July 14, 2012, 09:32:50 PM »
so a few comments of my own.




This post really captures the essence of the day(s).  Excellent hilarious commentary.

I did also wonder, especially if everyone may not have been in earshot or remembered the conversation,, who of the guests of King Harry would catch on to the title...

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Last year I posted notes on gardenweb regarding my post mango festival feast.  Here I do the same.  Mangoes I bought include:

Carabao
Nam doc Mai (#4 it appears)
Borsha
Step
Martian Pride
Langra Banarsi
Zill
Bullock Heart
Mesk
Mammou
Royal
Brahm Kai Mau
Sig sibut
Pills bury
Beverley
Duncan

This list probably isn't as long as the prior day's feast at Harry's which I will add to that thread later.  In total, I brought 34 mangoes back to my hotel.

So far I've eaten the caraboo.  It was 85% ripe but still good.  Tangy and smooth.  I have quite a few of them as they are alleged to be sweet so took an early plunge.  There were no ivory mangoes availa le this year so caraboo was my make up one.  I focused on south east Asian mangoes where known as these appear to hold more promise for Bermuda than any other.

Will post taste experiences over the next week or two as they ripen.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Maha Chanoks smell like turnips!
« on: July 14, 2012, 06:29:44 PM »
What an amazing event this was.  I had a great time.  Harry did most of the work yet I felt tired just watching the effort.  I managed to snag most of the seeds from the fruits we ate so can supply a more complete list later.  There was probably one I did not get. 

Harry can you confirm the name of the one we did not eat, the dwarf SE Asian variety that I collected seed from the ground for.  Falung?  I also got a few Thai evergreen off the ground.  And the jackfruits, man.  Lovely stuff.  The orange was new to me...overripe but still ok-ish.  The other one was under ripe but very good.  At full ripeness it must be divine.  It was great to meet friends old and now new.

Same time, same place next year?

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Noris delivered quite the informative Lecture on these and the other wild mangoes in progress including pictures from their Borneo trip, huge trees, village life.  Lots of solid info.  The taste of these mangoes vary quite a lot.  The appearance inside can look like potato in some, mango in others, soursop in others etc.  many trees have multiple uses for example, several have edible leaves.  I was very happy to see so many grafted wild mango trees on sale...even though I cannot take them home.  The promise of the wild ones includes complete resistance to anthracnose and other diseases.  They are using integrafts to come up with grafting comparability (can't import seeds to USA).  I have to get wild mango to Bermuda as its other promising aspect is being able to fruit despite rain every single day.  Great potential.

Another interesting tidbit ..

I was told by a very informative woman working the mango display, that the Kuini and Kastooree were both collected in the Forests of Borneo.  She also told me that they had very unique flavors, with the Kastooree having the flavor of Lychee. 

I picked up one of each :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango in North Florida?
« on: July 12, 2012, 10:21:16 AM »
Persimmon it is.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango in North Florida?
« on: July 10, 2012, 03:25:41 PM »
J: Do a search on organza bags.  Get at least 3 inch by 5 inch ones.

BSB: noted...I will see what is on offer.  If mango is not realistic then perhaps I should just go to nurseries in the area as well.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango in North Florida?
« on: July 10, 2012, 07:26:43 AM »
Thanks.  Potted mangoes brought in every year?

For peaches, I bagged the this year to good effect.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: A thorny problem with naranjilla
« on: July 09, 2012, 07:48:44 PM »
I need a barrier for thieves...

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Jackfruit.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Taste of Gefner Atemoya?
« on: July 09, 2012, 05:08:24 PM »

Today I was was walking down the street and had this specimen thrust upon me.

Let me know exactly what street this is.  I can do the walking part.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango in North Florida?
« on: July 09, 2012, 12:39:53 PM »
I have no clue on variety and I know not what will be on sale and further, know not which will work better in North Florida.  So yes, I am open to suggestion.  Will secure a 7 gallon cloth pot for whatever I get for now.  I won't be around much so pruning will happen, when I next see the tree selected.  Per my prior post, I am open to non-mango tree suggestions....?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango in North Florida?
« on: July 09, 2012, 11:27:21 AM »
Duly noted.  I did not pay too much attention to the other trees available at Fairchild given I cannot bring them to Bermuda.  Can anyone suggest another tree that may have that will be less of a risk?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mango in North Florida?
« on: July 09, 2012, 09:40:53 AM »
I am considering buying a grafted tree at Fairchild this weekend to keep in the Lake Mary area.  I will not be around to tend to this tree.  It will be re-potted in a cloth pot, probably 25 gallon.  I do have someone who will water it but I am not expecting them to move it around at the threat of frost.  So, questions:

Should I be concerned about frost killing this tree?
Should I pot this up in a 7 gallon cloth pot for a few months or longer to make it easier to move?
If so, how long until I move up to 25 gallon?
Any other suggestions?

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I am flying in from Bermuda for this.  Sat and Sunday I'll be there.  I will actually it my first grafted mango free this year as I have someone in Florida who agreed to keep it for me.  Woo hoo!  And yes, I will be loading up on mangoes to eat all week.

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Noted.

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Are phytos required for importing to t&c?

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Seeds received with many many thanks!!

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I am certainly one of he fans of the sweet simplicity of Ivory.  Anyone saving seed for me will be a friend for life!  (the ones I saved last summer failed to germinate).

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