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I visited Dr. Campbells place in July and his Orange Sherbet trees were loaded with fruit. Out of approximately 300 mango trees 40 were Orange Sherbet. He was discussing plans to possibly commercialize it with a company he works for. He spoke very highly of this cultivar, it was near the top of his must plant list.
Quote from: MangoCountry on August 27, 2019, 11:06:53 PMI visited Dr. Campbells place in July and his Orange Sherbet trees were loaded with fruit. Out of approximately 300 mango trees 40 were Orange Sherbet. He was discussing plans to possibly commercialize it with a company he works for. He spoke very highly of this cultivar, it was near the top of his must plant list.Very, very helpful. Thanks! What size were his Orange Sherbet trees?
Quote from: zands on August 28, 2019, 01:17:43 AMQuote from: MangoCountry on August 27, 2019, 11:06:53 PMI visited Dr. Campbells place in July and his Orange Sherbet trees were loaded with fruit. Out of approximately 300 mango trees 40 were Orange Sherbet. He was discussing plans to possibly commercialize it with a company he works for. He spoke very highly of this cultivar, it was near the top of his must plant list.Very, very helpful. Thanks! What size were his Orange Sherbet trees?All kept under 8 ft tall. Impressive. It’s his most dominant tree for good reason. Taste, disease resistance and production hit the trifecta.
I’m glad I landed a nice size OS! It’s growing very well & healthy , I m going to include OS grafts onto my Top Work Project Francis Hargrave Mango tree 👍
Quote from: Future on August 28, 2019, 02:50:59 PMQuote from: zands on August 28, 2019, 01:17:43 AMQuote from: MangoCountry on August 27, 2019, 11:06:53 PMI visited Dr. Campbells place in July and his Orange Sherbet trees were loaded with fruit. Out of approximately 300 mango trees 40 were Orange Sherbet. He was discussing plans to possibly commercialize it with a company he works for. He spoke very highly of this cultivar, it was near the top of his must plant list.Very, very helpful. Thanks! What size were his Orange Sherbet trees?All kept under 8 ft tall. Impressive. It’s his most dominant tree for good reason. Taste, disease resistance and production hit the trifecta.By dominant you mean Dr Campbell has more of OS planted than any other mango tree? And you saw their (OS) superior production? Asking because I looked at the OS tree again at the nursery today and it is pretty much a 3 gallon tree in a 7 gallon black pot and of course me having to pay 7 gallon prices for it. I would have bought it today but the price seemed unreasonable. Maybe I should count my lucky stars. In California this OS would go for $150 given the OS reputation that precedes it. Plus it would be on turpentine rootstock that does not work out so well in Southern California.FWIW I keep all my mango trees at 15ft tall with a few exceptions at 16-19 ft tall
Looks good! You could take a little off of the central leader to get some more branching.