Valencia Pride Mangos - Florida Mango Tasting 

FortMyers FruitForest Ours seem to ripen over a months time too, which is really nice.

Love the photo of the VP tree. Beautiful tree loaded with super looking fruit. Is it possible to keep the VP tree to 15 feet or shorter? Thanks!

bud row We have a couple of yard tours and one of the tree last year on this playlist ru-vid.com/group/PLMNVFOe-rmlFpU0ordLq1f5VVY3OKni24

Thanks for the tip! I will try making some this year. Hope your mangos don’t get swiped this year.

Mr.noone1 I’m not sure why Craig said that. I think it had been a year since he had eaten one and we’ve had some flavor bomb mangos this year. This Valencia Pride in the video was the best we’ve ever had. I think Craig would consider “mediocre” between a 5-7 on a 10 point scale - so average to above average. We’ve had too many 9 and 10 mangos this summer 😊

kirito kun I don’t know if anyone who ships seeds to Malaysia. Maybe check on tropicalfruitforum.com

Garry Cole Fruit will be the same, regardless of pollination, however seed genetics will be different (From what I understand)

Cross pollination only effects the next generation if you plant the seed assuming the seed is monoembryonic which most mangoes are. Polyembryonic seeds grow true. But every time you plant a monoembryonic mango seed you technically just created a new variety - usually inferior to other varieties, but every in once in awhile a seedling will become something unique or special.

Thanks Steve M for the explanation. I just wonder why mangoes taste varies so much from the fruits within the tree itself. Thank you though for the information.

It varies each year for us. Flowers have been January-April different years. Fruit has been June-October different years. Typical fruiting for us in Sarasota is late July-August

Taste is very subjective. Indian mangos are more complex with delicious flavors. For some reason, I don’t like the flavor of Mallika mangos grown on the gulf coast, but I have enjoyed other Indian mangos very much.

@@SulcataGrove what about namdoc mai mango?

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Steve M Our favorites this year were all Zill’s varieties other than PPK. Coconut Cream, Pina Colada, Orange Sherbet, Peach Cobbler, and Lemon Zest were all fantastic. Just compared VP, Peach Cobbler, and Maha Chanok today. Peach Cobbler was by far my favorite. VP was second though. Our Maha is still young, so maybe the flavor will improve with age.

The Pina Colada's I had last year had no detectable PC flavor and were pretty average. The Sweet Tarts I had this year were a MAJOR disappointment after hearing so many good things about them. I had Juliettes also from Fruitscapes and while they did have a dash of Julie flavor they were nothing special. The M4 I has was tasty and showed potential, but didn't meet expectations. Angie we both agree on it being bad. Honey Kiss was tasty, but it was still only about a 7.5. OS while it was the best of the new ones I've tried it wasn't as good as PPK which I found it very similar to. There is always the possibilty some of these were picked to soon, not a good year or not representative. But bottom line no newer Zill variety has been able to crack my top 10 and I was really hoping they would. Still many newer varieties I haven't tried yet, so something may wow me yet. Anxious to eventually try Cotton Candy, Lemon Zest, Cecilove, Super Julie, Fruit Punch, Peach Cobbler and others next year so staying hopeful. Kudos again to you & Craig for the educational and time saving resource you are providing with your videos.

@@timtebow4775 Try those again this year and let us know if your opinion changes.

AS AD I’ve never tried Chaunsa mangos

Also forgot to say they’re addictive and filling and great for shakes

It's a good fruit, but Craig just likes the shape of the tree, the vigorous growth, and the productiveness/disease resistance. It's also the first mango tree we purchased.

GardenTips Our “Beverly” mango tree produced this year and turned out to be a ValCarrie. It happens occasionally.