TOP 10 FAVORITE MANGO CULTIVARS WITHIN USA AND AROUND THE WORLD:
Lot of us love to consider location, precocity, disease resistance, season, growth and bearing habit in a mango tree. We ought to respect that. But my inventory is based on the flavor profile only.
The list is so profuse, it is hard to grasp each profile in the neuron adequately, unless you test tasting lot of the cultivars every year. Even under an honorable mention, there're so many exceptional mango varieties, anyone can dream of.
I tried my best to get off "Zill's breeding project" to choose varieties for my list but I couldn't find many to beat these supreme heterogeneity of mangoes created by Gary Zill.
Hats off to both Zill brothers who carried the benefaction from their father and wooed his legacy toward unprecedented contribution to develop so many new varieties. This family owns the fame to propagate the most top-tier mangoes around the nation as it reflects in my list as follows.
MY TOP 10 MANGOES NATIVE TO SOUTHERN PART OF CONTINENTAL USA IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERS:
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CREME-BRULEE
JAKARTA
M4
ORANGE ESSENCE
ORANGE SHORBET
PEACH COBBLER
PINA COLADA
SUPER ALPHONSO
SUGARLOAF
SWEET TART
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HONORABLE MENTION:
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BEVERLY
BUTTERCREAM
COTTON CANDY
COCONUT CREAM
FRUIT COCKTAIL
GISELLE
KAREN MICHELLE
LEMON ZEST
PINEAPPLE PLEASURE
SUPER JULIE
VENUS
ZILL 40-26
It seems like that the Zill's "breeding project" sweeps the local series of mango contest.
Luckily, I had the privilege to travel around the world leading mango producing countries. I tried so many of them over the years and I came across the following supremely delectable mangoes worth mentioning.
MY TOP 10 MANGOES NATIVE TO INDIAN SUBCONTINENT AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERS:
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ALPHONSO
AMRAPALLI
BANGANAPALLI
CAC
CHAUNSA
DASHERI/DUSSEHRI
HIMSAGAR
LANGRA
MULGOBA
SINDHRI
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ALAMPUR BANESHAN
ANWAR RATOL
CARABAO(couple of strains are the best)
FAZLI
GOURMATI
ICE CREAM
KESAR
MALDA
MANKURAD
TONG DAM
SAROLI
NOTE: List may vary depending on the new cultivars come forth every year. Let us know what are your most favorite local and international mangoes in their native condition!