Seedling fruit - will taste soon

[Orkine]

I finally have fruit from a mono seedling tree.  I am not sure of the source tree, it was a volunteer, but was most likely a Haden.
I had grafted to other branches on this seedling and harvested Venus from the grafted side earlier this month.

The fruit is relatively large.  I couldn't risk the critters getting this as it is the only one this year.  It has started coloring up with full shoulders and should finish ripening on the counter.

One last thing, the tree is growing in an area that gets and stays wet about a month each year.  Mango seem to be able to deal with wet conditions once established.

Here are some pictures

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[fliptop]

Nice! How old is the seedling tree, Orkine?

[Honest Abe]

Keep us posted if it’s Amazing or dud either way!

[simon_grow]

Awesome, please let us know how it tastes!

Simon

[Orkine]

I cut and tasted the fruit today.
It is good.  Very good.  Not run home and tell your mama good but certainly a keeper that I want to keep evaluating.
I hope next year when it has more fruits I can send out to a few folks to get more than my opinion.  Perhaps also try it at different stages of ripeness.

So here is my report.

Large firm fruit.
Classic mango taste.  Sweet no tart (at least not on this one).
Little to no fiber (I cut the mango but ate the part around the seed)
Large mono seed though the flesh to seed ratio was excellent.
The flesh next to the seed was slightly deeper orange, not sure if this would mean something had I left it on the tree longer.
Appears to be a mid season here ripening in June/July

For the first fruit it is already good.  If the fruit gets any better with time and as the tree matures, I might move it from good to great.  I certainly plan on keeping this (for now) and will graft it to a seedling to see how it performs over the next 2 to 3 years as a grafted tree.



     

 

[achetadomestica]

How many years from seed?

[Tommyng]

Good job it looks great! It takes a lot of patience to do this.