Mango Tasting 2020: Sugar Loaf, Ugly Betty, Lemon Zest & Coconut Cream

[@growpuravida]

Dear mango lovers, We had to write and pin this comment because we are getting some very personal comments filled with negative energy, and we don’t want that in our lives. We thought the disclaimer in description would be enough for all to understand that the mango tastings are not done to rate or devalue certain mangoes, we do it out of love for this wonderful fruit. Any mango variety grown in its optimal growing condition would be superior in taste to any other best mango in the world. Most newer varieties of mango trees in our garden are still young to produce except a few trees, so we source them from growers around which we disclose in video descriptions. Some of the fruit we pick from their trees ourselves. Plus, there are some varieties that just got released this year, or last year, or 2 yrs ago which no home grower has been able to grow yet, so we cannot (and won’t!) grow all the mangoes we taste in our videos; it makes no sense to us to grow a tree first and taste the variety later. And even then, taste from tree to tree of the same mango variety varies, plus year to year, even month to month there is variability. We thought every mango lover would understand that, but seems that some people are hurt and want to attack me personally. This will not be tolerated. Let’s have a healthy discussion instead! Please comment on how you felt tasting these mangoes this year instead, and make your own videos, the more diverse the taste of each mango the better, it is for everyone to learn - let’s avoid personal attacks, let’s be constructive and creative. As I said many times before, we are all different, and different opinions are welcome!

[@tropicalco2339]

Thanks for sharing your opinion. Watching different people try different fruit is how I figure out what to grow in my greenhouse here in North Carolina. Some people say bell peppers taste great but I'd say they wrong 😂

[@growpuravida]

Amazing to meet someone passionate about tropical fruit as we are! We're always wondering whether we'll be dedicated enough to grow in a greenhouse if we weren't as blessed with weather, but seeing people like you gives us strength! 💪🏽

[@johannesvanhoek9080]

Hello friends , I live in the Brandon - Valrico area and after watching some of these videos I started to show interest in mangos and avocados and now I have 25 different varieties of mangos and 5 different varieties of avocados ! PS I call this love a Magnificent obsession 🌺

[@Pay-It_Forward]

*Thanks, look forward to viewing the Pickering, Carrie & Edward video*

[@alekhanmetta426]

Nice video and great taste descriptions. LZ tastes great. Ugly Betty tree doesn't have good upright shape though. Could you do a sweet tart tasting. I have to wait until 2022 to taste mine.

[@growpuravida]

Ugly betty hasn’t produced in 2 years so probably it is another variety that needs 3-4 yrs in ground. Taste wise Super Julie could be a substitute to Ugly betty, similar taste, plus it is very productive. We tasted Sweet tart in 2021 but it was that exquisite taste i tasted in 2019, Sweet tart taste varied to me depending on its ripening stage, fully ripe it tasted like Fairchild mango and less ripe, on tart side it had intense but balanced flavor.

[@agriperma]

I purchased fruit of a few new mango varieties last week, and was trying to gauge the proper time to cut open my sugarloaf, I already knew they did not get much color, but I do not want to cut them too soon or too late. anyway I started watching your video, and as soon as you mentioned yours may be a bit over ripe, I paused the video, and cut my 1st sugarloaf, I was very pleased, to me, it had a orange/mango/coconut flavor to it, very tropical, unlike other mangoes that are usually sweeter around the seed, this one had a bit more zing/tartness in a good way. there seems to be a little fiber, but not objectionable at all. I am glad I planted this a few months ago, purchased purely by reputation, plus i wanted a tree that ripened green, the squirrels already get enough treats from my Pickering tree :) now i need to figure out when to eat the P-22 which i know nothing about. oh I really liked the 0-15 very reminiscent of Kesar.

[@growpuravida]

Thank you. We really liked Sugar Loaf mango , for two years in a row it had superb taste. The tree also has stayed rather compact without pruning. We don't know if we will get to sample p-22 this year but we had Kesar from a friend's tree and have O-15 that is currently ripening in the garage. Kesar in my opinion needs a bit dryer climate and mineral rich soil to get to its peak flavor like in India grown Kesars. Nonetheless it is a very good tasting Indian variety mango here in FL, together with Mallika and Neelam. In our garden, we are in zero irrigation system with our mango trees and we found the taste of mangoes is really concentrated, complex compared to friends who irrigate their trees everyday. Of course, the trees have grown rather slowly and don't produce in abundance when they are young but the fruits are really worth it, would rather have 2 fruits the taste of which lingers for whole year than 30 fruits that taste bland. Thank you for watching, stay tuned for more mango reviews.

[@agriperma]

@@growpuravida I was involved with reporting on a Kesar plantation in the Dominican Republic, the area it is grown in is very arid, and the soil is rich in minerals, Noris Ledesma said the climate and land look very similar to that of Gujarat. the Kesar I have tried, were from that farm, I have not tried the Florida grown fruit yet. both Jumbo Kesar and regular were grown there. the scions were brought from India. Coincidentally I just acquired 3 Mallika, I just put them in the garage, where it is nice and warm. I only irrigated two trees one time this year, my Pickering, when it was in pea stage, and the sugar loaf tree which was just planted a few months ago. we had gone about 6 weeks without rain at that time. today I tried a P-22 that I got from Spykes nursery last week. this one was intensely flavorful, complex flavor profile. Indochinese heritage from what i read online.

[@MsFishingdog]

Great video. Does the sugar loaf mango get bigger.

[@growpuravida]

Thank you. Sugar loaf mangoes get as big as Carrie mango but sometimes they are smaller as well. Fascinating thing about Sugar loaf is that they have very thin seeds, sometimes we found aborted tiny seeds inside when we de-husked the seed, so it has good flesh-seed ratio.

[@johannesvanhoek9080]

I grew a few sugarloaf mangoes this past season and they were surprisingly large , much bigger then my Carrie’s , maybe it’s the soil !

[@oneway9344]

Wondering whats the taste in my mouth,

[@LadyGoza]

Which one is the best tasting and is not stringy?

[@growpuravida]

There are many fiberless and superb tasting mangoes grown in FL these days. Everyone’s taste preference is different, so we have made videos of many mangoes this year, if you watch our other videos you will see all the better and tastier varieties.

[@LadyGoza]

@@growpuravida I bought a coconut cream and an Alphonso mango trees.

[@growpuravida]

Coconut cream is a great tasting mango, it was not flowering for first 2 yrs in ground but the 3rd year this year it flowered quite a lot and holding fruits too. Trick was i did not prune the tree last year.

[@LadyGoza]

@@growpuravida I bought my CC last summer. It was just one long, straight stem about 6 feet tall. I just put it in the ground about a month ago, and now it is growing four branches.

[@bigbossbubba4959]

Hello, are you willing to ship a Mai 3 Jackfruit to Brandon, FL? Thank you.

[@growpuravida]

Hi, please email me - oshomiami at gmail.com

[@bigbossbubba4959]

@@growpuravida will do. Thank you!

[@bigbossbubba4959]

@@growpuravida My friend. I never received a response.

[@growpuravida]

never got an email from you

[@bigbossbubba4959]

@@growpuravida Ok, I'll try again. Thanks

[@angeloflight6077]

👍

[@angeloflight6077]

best of the best variety

[@maqboollangah972]

your videos regarding tasting of mangoes are interesting but there is one main flaw, that you never tell the Brix or TSS level and despite watching so lengthy videos we remain unable to understand the exact potential of any mango.

[@growpuravida]

thanks for your suggestion. I find mangoes far more complex in taste to just judge by brix. brix criterion should not define a mango potentinal. There is a million contributing factors other than sweetness, and if you watch my “lengthy” videos you should be able to realize that. If brix was the major defining factor for a mango potentinal, you could just eat a spoonful of sugar and be happy. That’s exactly why i’m not using the brix parameter to make judgments about mangoes. Mango is an experience; like good wine, it is defined by flavor complexity rather than sweetness. You can never say that sweet wines are superior to dry wines, can you