pictures coming soon,
I have this variegated Maha chanok mango seedling that is about 3yrs old by now, and it's showing a very stable pattern that won't fade.
The chances of me getting this seedling seem very slim, check out the backstory...
about 4-5yr ago I drove by my neighbor's house, noticing his mango trees had been ravaged by freezes, showing only rootstock suckers left growing vigorously.
I explained that the rootstock would produce inferior fruit, and take much longer to fruit than a grafted tree of a known variety, and I offered to top work his trees.
with no qualms, he allowed me to proceed with grafting, which resulted in about 7 successful grafts of maha chanok and cogshall scions onto two separate rootstocks.
the trees fruited in about 1yr after grafting, and I had told the owner that I'd like to taste one fruit when it was fruiting. One day I drove by and knocked on the door to ask if I could take a fruit off the tree, I noticed a few left that were perfectly ripe, and nobody answered the door....being that I had permission and was the one to graft the trees, I took the liberty of taking a fruit.
The fruit was delicious. I planted the seed in my yard, out in the field and forgot about it.
Years later I noticed the seedling had a faint variegation pattern...I was astounded given the odds of finding a variegated seedling being that I've planted hundreds of seeds without getting one.
Over the years I grafted a few trees as back up and observed the mother to see if the pattern would fade, but it has only grown stronger.
The pattern is not what I'd call striking, but it's got a very nice splashing pattern on the foliage...so I named it Maha "Splash".
I hope to offer a few grafted plants in the future and would love to see how the fruit quality turns out...and if there's any variegation on the fruit.
I will post some pics of the trees very soon.
