The Tropical Fruit Forum

According to some old Roman dude, there is no disputing taste. So, yes, I would say that you may well find a mango to be too rich.

That hasn't happened to me yet with mangos, but I do find mamey sapote to be too rich for me to eat much of.

Thanks for the tip on Excalibur.

And you're right, of course. If they follow you home you can keep them.
I predict many fine mangoes for you and yours.

I found a table full of Keitt at Excalibur today. 8/21 I also had a Pineapple Pleasure, Maha. Gary, Phoenix and a Cotton Candy tree follow me home.

I have not had a chance to taste Cotton Candy and M-4 yet.
And I would have loved to taste Phoenix and  Kathy again.

Recent visits to my usual haunts were, alas, fruitless.

Did these have a good season?
Or ?

I had mixed results. The early LZ, all 4 of them, were outstanding. The later crop was adequate and pretty darn good too, but a few suffered from some internal damage (bad spot that was not edible).

Dupuis Saigon bloomed profusely, but only carried two fruit to maturity. One was stolen by critters, the other was okay, not great.

Spirit of 76 produced more fruit than in past years. They were beautiful and taste ranged from very good to excellent.

Edgar (a large tree) produced very poorly. The fruit has been very good but not excellent.

PPK (a small tree) produced well for its size, from the first bloom, and did not bloom again. They fruit were excellent.  As happened last year, the tree now looks rather tired; perhaps I should have thinned it more than I did.

Sweet Tart produced and retained lots of fruit, for its modest size. They have been good to very good. I am definitely not yet an expert on when to pick and eat them, but the very mature ones did not have any off flavors.

Peach Cobbler, a small tree, produced well for its size. The fruit were very good. Most of the mangoes were fairly small, perhaps because they were clustered on only a couple branches. Again I may have eaten some of them too mature, but even those were tasty with no off flavors.

Dot, a mature tree, had an adequate crop, which were very good to excellent.

Very nice, Mark.

You'll be knee-deep in deliciousness before you know it.   

God willing and the ocean don't rise........

Dan

Before I left on vacation I put a ripe LZ from my tree in the fridge.

When I got home it still looked perfect, and was delicious.
So, N=1  does not make a consensus, and I wonder if others have found this to be true.

Keeping well as a ripe mango might add to its potential for commercial use.

Incidentally, ripe Dots also keep well in the fridge. Eventually they wrinkle, but the flavor is still great.

Simon, I've often wondered whether parts of the canopy that get the most sun and air circulation produce the most fruit. I see just enough "exceptions" (perfect Dot mangos deep in the interior) to confuse me.

Dan

"What was the outcome of this dilemma?"

I, umm, have it on good authority that Harvest Moon was replaced with Guava (mango).

Angie was replaced by Venus.  Venus subsequently died back, and was placed in a large pot, where it is gradually recovering.  That spot now sports a baby Phoenix mango.

Maha has grown a bit, having finally set a nice vegetative flush this summer.

First (actually 4th) Spirit of '76.

I've had my Spirit tree for several years, and this year it produced the best crop by far.
I have harvested 4 fruits, all were gorgeous, and 3 were absolutely delicious. (One was filched by a raccoon, and I haven't heard back regarding quality.)

I check the tree at least 3 times a day, and harvest when the mango turns from cool colors to warm colors.

The tree is in a poor location, in that it gets morning shade and little air circulation.
For whatever reason, the conditions during its primary bloom must have been okay. 

Thanks for some good suggestions.

Dan

I keep my Lancetilla about six feet tall, and use it to support my clothesline.
Some years it gamely puts out a mango or three, but they don't seem to make it to maturity.

The Spirit of 76 that I planted right next to Lance is doing especially well this year, maybe because I'm trying to figure out where to plant M-4..............

I'm just starting to harvest the few LZ mangoes from the tree's first bloom.

If I remember right, I have enjoyed them at various stages, from kinda firm to kinda soft.

Opinions from G.O.A.T  connoisseurs welcomed.

Miracle fruit doesn't take up much room, and is easy to grow in a large pot.

Red jaboticaba seems to fruit earlier than the black one. I don't know for sure, but suspect it could easily be kept as a small to medium bush.

The peach trees that are geared to Florida might be an option. Mine have been precocious and don't seem to spread out much.