The Tropical Fruit Forum

So did he rename it for better branding? Was it his to even re-name? sounds sketchy... I love the Mango by the way!!!

In selecting a new mango cultivar, there are a number of selection criteria that one uses to arrive at a top pick (in no particular order):

• Disease resistance
• Production (and crop consistency)
• Compact growth habit / ease of maintenance
• Flavor, texture, and scent
• (other characteristics that are important to commercial producers -- such as shelf life, size, color, etc)

The problem is that finding a mango with high marks in all of the above is akin to finding a spouse who is strikingly attractive, genius-level smart, never gets mad nor complains, earns a 7-figure salary, never falls ill nor never gets fat, and will live to be 120 -- such a person likely does not exist.

So one will select based on the subset of criteria that they consider most important. Dr Richard Campbell tends to focus on disease resistance, production, and maintainability over flavor, where Gary Zill puts a little more emphasis on flavor. So, the mangoes that each promotes are a reflection of this.

I consider flavor and texture to be a non-negotiable trait and will gladly trade a little less production and disease resistance to get it. The majority of my mango trees are therefore Zill selections .

ST is probably my #1 fav mango at the moment. But, I'm a little surprised that yours had jelly seed. I don't think I've ever seen a ST with jelly seed before.

I have seen more jelly seed than usual this year, and the early LZ and coco cream were indeed bland. LZ normally starts to ripen in July, so a June LZ would be really early and understandably bland.

The vast majority of my coco cream crop, though, has been outstanding. Rob had suggested that coco cream needs a few years before it starts showing what it's capable of, and my trees have finally started strutting their stuff. I had a huge crop of really delicious mangoes. It is certainly not an in-your-face, intense mango flavor like ST or pina colada. However, the flavor is very smooth and pleasing with a complexity of flavors ranging from pina colada to citrus to coconut.

PS -- Carrie is not a shipping mango. For one, it bruises ridiculously easily. Secondly, it is not very good when fully ripe. The carrie should probably never be shipped unless the shipping time can be confined to a day or two and the mango can be wrapped in a way that completely prevents damage to due brute mail workers chucking parcels around.

Watermelon is enhanced by squeezing lime juice over it. Ate it this way yesterday.

I'm interested in growing a fig tree in a 20 gal container here in S. FL.  I'll be following this thread looking for what variety would be best suited for my climate.

thx

Hi Clay
I hope you soon get orders back to California. With respect to Florida mangos I can tell you from my personal experience that they are some of the best mangos I’ve ever had. California produces beautiful unblemished flavorful fruits but so does Florida. Since you are close to Miami you should take a vacation down there and visit some of the nurseries in early July ...... you won’t be disappointed.

Quote from: Jani on May 26, 2018, 09:18:25 AM

Bumping this... should we have any concerns with the predicted 8 or so inches of rain over the next couple days ..with mangoes a couple weeks from harvest ready ?

So far my FL mangoes haven’t been close to noteworthy.  LZ from MangoMen was amazingly bland.  Picked early?  Rain? Both?  I don’t think I can bring myself to eat another one. Definitely don’t want to share and given others such a bad impression. PPK has been ‘ok’. It’s such a good Mango even washed out its tastes ok. Dupuis Saigon from Squam was also among the better fruit.