FLORIDA MANGO TASTINGS 2020: Duncan, Honey Kiss, Orange Essence

[@llll6332]

The music choice is perfect!!

[@MsFishingdog]

Enjoyed watching. Thanks for the taste test.

[@growpuravida]

Thank you for watching.

[@bruce8105]

Thanks again for the informative video. Glad to hear good things about Honey KISS, just bought a tree for another good late season variety due to my Keitt having MBBS issues. Tasted Duncan once and thought the same, classic with a bit of Nam Doc Mai, a different good tasting mango. I gotta give OE another chance, the one I had last year I’m pretty sure was picked to early and it kinda shriveled up before I cut it open. I really did taste the citrusy orange but wasn’t really sweet. Think it has good potential though.

[@growpuravida]

Thank you. Yes Honey Kiss is consistently good tasting for us. Size doesn’t matter. OE so far has been good too, we tasted another today with another mango Carla and both were excellent. I am more impressed by the thick skin, it can easily be a top tier export quality mango, plus some say it is late season so that’s a plus. More on Carla mango in our next video.

[@agriperma]

I was pretty impressed with the OE I tried a weeks or so ago, one thing I noticed about it, was the skin is very thick, seems like it would be a good variety for shipping. firm flash, and took some time to ripen, so maybe has some commercial potential ? I have not tried the HK yet, I been hoping to get my teeth into one this year,

[@growpuravida]

Yes, OE skin is thick and it stays good for long on the counter top whhile it ripens..no black spots, skin looks clean. Overall a good tasting mango with citrusy flavor. HK i have been eating a lot, they are small so can eat many at a time. I have noticed the texture becomes a bit gelatinous if it over ripens so catch it before it becomes too soft and the flavor and texture is very good. Both are supposedly late season mangoes, slow growing vigor and i feel a must have in the home garden. May be a cocktail tree if planting space is limiting.

[@kevinblair9701]

I enjoy your reviews - is the season over for us in Dade & Broward for purchasing mangoes or are there some niche places we can still go?

[@growpuravida]

Thanks Kevin. Season is almost over but not yet, many home growers still have trees loaded with mangoes. Honey Kiss and Neelum mango varieties' season is still not over.

[@johnbanach3875]

I've met Walter Zill, and I know he's a very friendly, talkative guy, but I don't imagine he claimed responsibility for all the new mango varieties that have come from ZHPP! ("He's the father of all these mangos we are eating.") The mango breeding program was the project of his brother Gary, who runs ZHPP, although I'm sure Walter had some involvement.

[@growpuravida]

Yes it was a pleasure talking with Walter. He did not claim anything, he just shared his memories of growing different mangoes, so much passion and love for the mangoes. I talked with Gary as well multiple times at the office in ZHPP, he is eager to share information about mangoes and seems logical, his main focus to me seems like is business. I know about ZHPP and the breeding project and Gary's huge role in it. All the tasty mangoes we are eating today are his gifts to us. Perhaps he is the mother of all the current FL mangoes then :) . It is just a saying John, not an official stamp..i don't think we have officially nominated anyone as "Father of mangoes of North America" yet. Probably it will be John Haden who brought Haden to South FL in the early 1900s...

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