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Eat a perfectly ripe fruit punch mango for me. As you're eating it, let a couple drops from the juices drip to the ground for the homies that can't be there.

Hilarious

Nicely  done doc. My tree is tiny so now I know to give it space.

The real question is where are you getting all these rare mangoes? 

I concur

https://www.yearofthedurian.com/2019/05/bangkok-chinatown-durian-guide.html

What’s up Simon. It seems another year will pass before I get to visit. But I shall. Keen to know how this project is going. I’ve been reading up on growing Durian and the proposed go to methods to advance time to production is using double root stock (as well as grafting onto wilder cousins with greater disease resistance and drought tolerance).  Reminded me of your mango work...

Taste wise, among 230 varieties I’ve tried over the last decade, I’ve never seen anything touch a good LZ. PPK comes closest. OS is top 5 all time great. Disease and waiting years -  a decade -  before LZ production hits its prime is another matter.

Contrary to popular opinion, there’s objectively only one time to pick PPK.

And that’s after you’ve called me over to enjoy some.

It’s an all time great.

Quote from: johnb51 on April 21, 2022, 05:02:20 PM

So I guess M-4 and P-22 still don't have proper names?

At last check that’s correct. Both make Future’s top 30 mango list though!

The ones in question are (with more info at the link)

Name
Zill 0
Zill 3-12 Zill 3-18
Zill 23-2
Zill 32-5
Zill 33-8
Zill 34-15
Zill 36-8 (India)
 Zill 36-43
Zill 40-17
Zill 40-26
Zill-80
Zill C-17
Zill M-4
Zill M-10
Zill M-17
Zill N-12
Zill O-15
Zill O-29
Zill P-22

Last I spoke to Dr. Campbell he had permission to name M10 and M17.  He also seemed to indicate one of them was only in his possession at the time. (Ie original tree killed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Zill 36-8 is Super Alphonso

So I guess M-4 and P-22 still don't have proper names?

At last check that’s correct. Both make Future’s top 30 mango list though!

The ones in question are (with more info at the link)

Name
Zill 0
Zill 3-12 Zill 3-18
Zill 23-2
Zill 32-5
Zill 33-8
Zill 34-15
Zill 36-8 (India)
 Zill 36-43
Zill 40-17
Zill 40-26
Zill-80
Zill C-17
Zill M-4
Zill M-10
Zill M-17
Zill N-12
Zill O-15
Zill O-29
Zill P-22

Last I spoke to Dr. Campbell he had permission to name M10 and M17.  He also seemed to indicate one of them was only in his possession at the time. (Ie original tree killed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Lindsay has outdone herself with her last three (Jan - Mar 2022) blog posts.

https://www.yearofthedurian.com/blog

Super interesting Durian varieties plus a ton of other local delights.

Thanks guys. Now to find a fruiting persimmon. (I’m not in the US but thanks for budwood offer!)

Picked one of my tree ripened Paheri seedling mangos this week.  This was the first year of production from a 5 year old seedling located in inland SD county (Escondido).  The growth from this tree is extremely vigorous, nearly 9 feet tall, with long thin leaves similar to the growth and leaf patterns described online from Paheri mango tree variety.  The fruit grew in one large cluster (see pict) with a bright red blush on the sun exposed side.  The taste of the fruit was amazingly sweet with an intense pine resin flavor near the skin and stem.  True to its parent, the mango is completely fiberless with smooth flesh.  Seeds from the fruit are monoembryonic.  This tree will be a very nice complement to the grafted Zill varieties on my property.  Although this is just one example, it should help dispel the myth that seedlings from Mono seed fruit always result reduced quality from the parent tree.  Plant those seeds!

Well done. Name it.