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.
By the way this is a note to confirm I was in communication with Verna Zill who indicated Seminole is listed alongside some all time greats - like Honey Kiss, M4, & Cotton Candy - as having Keitt as the parent. Looks tastes nothing like Keitt plus has a poly seed. Go figure.
