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A mango called Seminole. Never heard of it? You should soon. Verna Zill put aside a few for me. It's medium sized with yellow skin with a beautiful pink blush. What immediately impressed is the sap. She invited me to smell it and...I saw why. it's smells like a kid's candy. Sickly sweet, if there is such a smell, yet complex and fruity. The flavor lived up to it. Dense, sweet, juicy and just plain good. Now some customers have tried to persuade Verna it tastes similar to East Indian. It doesn't. They have tried to persuade her to call it West Indian. She shouldn't. Stick with Seminole. It's a great new mango offering that I hope to see propagated soon.
Oh. And its polyembryonic...
In my next post I'll share a story about the mango I had last Friday from FLNative that was...the sweetest I've ever had in 14 years on the hunt for the world's finest mangoes.
Others we've hit since include Venus, Giselle, Yi Xuan, Amy, Beverly, Mesk, mario, Zill O-29, Honey Kiss, Juliette, Julie, Duncan and one helluva incredible set of Zill Indochinese. There's a reason its top 3 all time.
In my next post I'll share a story about the mango I had last Friday from FLNative that was...the sweetest I've ever had in 14 years on the hunt for the world's finest mangoes.
Color me intrigued
PPK and #LemonZestA mango called Seminole. Never heard of it? You should soon. Verna Zill put aside a few for me. It's medium sized with yellow skin with a beautiful pink blush. What immediately impressed is the sap. She invited me to smell it and...I saw why. it's smells like a kid's candy. Sickly sweet, if there is such a smell, yet complex and fruity. The flavor lived up to it. Dense, sweet, juicy and just plain good. Now some customers have tried to persuade Verna it tastes similar to East Indian. It doesn't. They have tried to persuade her to call it West Indian. She shouldn't. Stick with Seminole. It's a great new mango offering that I hope to see propagated soon.
Oh. And its polyembryonic...
In my next post I'll share a story about the mango I had last Friday from FLNative that was...the sweetest I've ever had in 14 years on the hunt for the world's finest mangoes.
Others we've hit since include Venus, Giselle, Yi Xuan, Amy, Beverly, Mesk, mario, Zill O-29, Honey Kiss, Juliette, Julie, Duncan and one helluva incredible set of Zill Indochinese. There's a reason its top 3 all time.
That’s cool about the sap smell. What else is in your top 3? Ppk? And?
Just sharing a few pics from my seedling mango, it came from an ivory seed and I suspect it may be crossed with Valencia Pride because it gets huge. I’ve written about it in past and give it the name “Prete” mango. This year has been an epic year for the tree, 1) pic of the largest one yet weighing in at 3.5lbs and 2) when sun exposed they blush. Such an amazing fruit, fiberless, thin seed, disease resistant clean fruit, indochinese flavor.
-Joe
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Hello
I am looking for the following mango seeds: Coconut Cream, Honey Kiss, Pina Colada and Sweet Tart. Most trees grown will be donated to the retreeing of Lahaina efforts.
Mahalo,
Carole
Is Cac poly?
Interesting that Pineapple Pleasure only earned a "good" rating -- we had the opportunity to try some a few years ago and they were outstanding. I'm not a big fan of the acid component, but they were phenomenal, and became my girlfriend's favorite immediately. Have you had any that ranked higher than good?
Sounds like a plan I'll contact you when the Marc Anthony is at Peak. Last season was not it's best flavor-wise. They seem to be bigger this year so hopefully we can get a good sampling for you. We can come down your way or you could come up here. Actually was visiting the mother tree today we had a small sampling of what I recently got from Palm City.Welcome to Volume 12.I'm hoping you have an opportunity to try P22 lot of hype lot of chitter chatter. I will get to sample it the first time probably in July because my brother from another mother has that tree. So far buttercream has been the best but I've had some really good Carrie and some sweet tart from Area 51 Palm City. From my own trees which is still early I'm just starting to pick Dwarf Hawaiian. I had a early bloom M4 drop that I had finny for probably 7 days. Totally expected to be sour immature but was pleasantly surprised at how delicious it was. No note of coconut as of yet but I'm pretty stoked about M4. I have Dot and OS sitting on the counter so stay tuned things are cranking up in 9B. There's a good chance I will get to sample Black Julie for it second season of fruiting. Oh yes and Super Julie was superb
Caveat: it’s not 2012 anymore and time to detail each and every mango just isn’t there like days gone by. But, I will chime in on what’s hitting the mark in 2024, and what isn’t, plus end with a top 10 for the year. Let the games begin.
You are on to a good thing. P22 is a Future’s Top 50 mango. I have a source who says he has it and thank goodness as I haven’t had the privilege in years. The last time I had it I shared some with a friend. It was among about 6 mangoes. We ate and ate but when they got to this one…there was a big pause. After the silent savourriny they asked, what’s that mango? It stands out. Looking forward to getting my hands on it again.
Also, I note you are an hour from me. We should consider connecting.
Marc Anthony seedling of Bombay
Black Julie seedling of Jamaican Blackie potentially pollinated by Julie. Seed brought from Jamaica 15 years ago by my brother🙂
Welcome to Volume 12.I'm hoping you have an opportunity to try P22 lot of hype lot of chitter chatter. I will get to sample it the first time probably in July because my brother from another mother has that tree. So far buttercream has been the best but I've had some really good Carrie and some sweet tart from Area 51 Palm City. From my own trees which is still early I'm just starting to pick Dwarf Hawaiian. I had a early bloom M4 drop that I had finny for probably 7 days. Totally expected to be sour immature but was pleasantly surprised at how delicious it was. No note of coconut as of yet but I'm pretty stoked about M4. I have Dot and OS sitting on the counter so stay tuned things are cranking up in 9B. There's a good chance I will get to sample Black Julie for it second season of fruiting. Oh yes and Super Julie was superb
Caveat: it’s not 2012 anymore and time to detail each and every mango just isn’t there like days gone by. But, I will chime in on what’s hitting the mark in 2024, and what isn’t, plus end with a top 10 for the year. Let the games begin.
I would enjoy your thoughts on Guava mango. Got to try a perfectly ripened Guava mango this year for the first time. I did not expect it to taste like an Indian mango, but that’s exactly what it was. Fiber free, sweet with low acid and that Indian funk. Poly seed. Not sure how it got the name Guava as I didn’t detect any flavor resemblance to a guava fruit. A really good mango but not world class in my book, with acknowledgement that flavor preferences are subjective.
