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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango varieties to enjoy from now August till winter.
« on: September 15, 2016, 04:45:39 AM »
I like Keitt mangos and enjoy the sweet-tart pineapple flavor they usually seem to have. My tree is too young to bear. Prior to this Year, I have only been able to buy them hard green at local fruit stands. When picked green, they ripen up nice and sweet-tart.
This year, I found a homeowner nearby with a large tree that agreed to sell me a bunch every week or so until they are gone. Some of the fruit were half colored with yellow and a bit of brownish red towards the stem. These riper fruit were still hard but softened after a few days. I was totally surprised to get strong coconut flavors and the pineapple flavor was still there, but muted. It was like eating a huge Pickering. The flesh only developed the coconut flavor when picked almost tree ripe, and softened a few days on the counter. At that stage the flesh is 95% orange in color.
A picked green Keitt is a good to very good mango, one that is close to tree ripe or has just dropped and given a few more days is an excellent mango. The earlier season fruit, even if ripened to mush, still had the strong pineapple flavor and no coconut overtones. I enjoy them at both ripening stages, but prefer the fruit harvested later.
This year, I found a homeowner nearby with a large tree that agreed to sell me a bunch every week or so until they are gone. Some of the fruit were half colored with yellow and a bit of brownish red towards the stem. These riper fruit were still hard but softened after a few days. I was totally surprised to get strong coconut flavors and the pineapple flavor was still there, but muted. It was like eating a huge Pickering. The flesh only developed the coconut flavor when picked almost tree ripe, and softened a few days on the counter. At that stage the flesh is 95% orange in color.
A picked green Keitt is a good to very good mango, one that is close to tree ripe or has just dropped and given a few more days is an excellent mango. The earlier season fruit, even if ripened to mush, still had the strong pineapple flavor and no coconut overtones. I enjoy them at both ripening stages, but prefer the fruit harvested later.


