Valencia Pride
Mangifera 'Valencia Pride' | |
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'Haden' x unknown | |
Cultivar | 'Valencia Pride' |
Origin | Florida, US |
The 'Valencia Pride' mango is a named late-season
History
The original tree was reportedly grown from a
Valencia Pride was recognized for its appearance, excellent production and eating qualities. Over the decades it was propagated throughout Florida both for home growing and commercial plantings. Today, Valencia Pride remains one of the more common nursery stock mangoes and is still grown on a limited commercial basis in Florida.
It has been selected as a "Curator's Choice" mango by the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's International Mango Festival, most recently in 2009.[3]
Valencia Pride trees are planted in the collections of the
Valencia Pride is also grown in the Coachella Desert in Mecca California.
Description
The fruit has a sigmoid shape that is long and slender, with a rounded base and rounded apex, and a large apical beak. It is quite large and averages well over a pound at maturity, sometimes reaching 2 pounds. The skin is yellow with much of it typically covered in brilliant crimson blush. The flesh is yellow, nearly fiberless, firm and juicy, with a sweet flavor and aroma.
The trees are very vigorous growers and have a reputation as being among the fastest growing of the Florida mangoes. They are capable of growing in excess of 50 feet in height if left unpruned, with large, open, and spreading canopies.
See also
References
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- ^ http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/academics/faculty/burns/pdf/192-197.pdf Archived 2010-06-18 at the Wayback Machine Page 193
- ^ Recipes, Garden, Chickens & more! | Marin Homestead
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- ^ http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/crane/pdfs/TREC-Fruit-Collections.pdf Page 3, #113
- ^ "Friends of the Fruit & Spice Park - Plant and Tree List 2008". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
- ISBN 0-9632264-0-1.
- ^ http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg216 Table 1