It was windy with scattered rain this morning, causing some unripe fruits to drop.
One of them is from a mango tree labelled as Orange Sherbet that I got from Florida 2 years ago.
The tree arrived half dead, shippen bareroot and lost in mail for 5 weeks. It was also had bad anthracnose.
I lost hope but still nursed it. 2 years later it is a happy strong mango tree.
I picked up the fallen mango and an overwhelming jasmine smell blew me away.
I don't have any jasmine plant in my yard. The OS mango tree is in ground next to a tomato, a suriname cherry, and a calamodine. But there is no bloom or flower at all on the calamodine now.
Is this a mislabelled Orange Sherbet?
My husband confirms that this mango smells really flowery too.
Other mangoes that are still hanging on the tree do not have a strong flowery smell though.
Pictures attached.
Unfortunately for me, I have a very small tree that grows really slow that smells like jasmine to gardenia when sap is released from the fruit... It also splits almost if not every fruit in my fungus prone area of south florida... I have not enjoyed this slow growing tree that also blooms quite often setting more small fruit.
If you want to make perfume, it would be a classic plant to use... lol... However I do not... Thus the plant that you would want to rule out if these tree/fruit qualities match yours is Iman Passand...
Once again, I do not know what your tree is... Only a R/O suggestion.
Alex is the expert on Iman Passand and has said in the past that people that like this mango... love it and are willing to even buy the cracked fruit....
Re: Grafted mango varieties never produced mature fruit over 4 consecutive years
« Reply #18 on: March 31, 2022, 08:22:10 PM
It does sound like mine could be an Imam Passand, except that the tree is extremely vigorous here. It grew about 2-3 ft in one year, and branch easily without tipping the top. The leaves are really big too.
I sniff around the fruits just now, and it does smell very floral like jasmine or gardenia.
The tree is also extremely productive here, it had more than 30 fruits in pea size on March, I thinned them out and left 15 fruits, 4 dropped and left me with 11 fruits. From 11 fruits, 4 are cracked.
Have you tried the fruit from your tree?
I did graft an Imam Passand scion onto my Manila last year, and it is indeed a very slow grower. The leaves are straight and small. I got the scion from a friend of a friend, so who knows if it is a true Imam Passand.
In a month I can try my 'OS' fruit, hopefully it does not taste as flowery as it smells. It reminds me of my grandma's perfume.... I love my grandma with her perfume, but it won't taste good in a mango.