Comments on: “Millenium” Mangoes

by: solraya

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:39:36 +0000

Have you heard about the Chokonan variety? They say best at “manibalang” stage because it may be too sweet for some when ripe.

I bought some 1yr old trees over the weekend and replanted them in plastic bags. Supposed to fruit in 2 yrs.

My target is to have Chokonan by Easter 2009 :)

by: mel

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:54:45 +0000

These magoes are called ‘Florida mango’ in Cotabato. Some of my relatives have fruiting trees already more than five years old and the fruits are even bigger but not that many. I remember one relative told me that this variety turn out fruit all year-round.

by: melody

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:38:24 +0000

i saw these giant mangoes three weeks ago when i went to manaoag. had i not been carrying a couple of luggages then, i would have bought a couple to bring back home. i was told that they were really good. unfortunately, i wasn’t able to try one.

by: SariS

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:41:40 +0000

I don’t know if anything can beat the Guimaras mangoes. I’ve eaten my fair share and have only just had the chance to actually be in Guimaras and eat the mangoes at their peak and the experience is nothing short of DIVINE. I wanted to bring some back to Manila but was told that the Mangoes would be bruised and inedible.

by: Lou

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:54:46 +0000

When we were in West Africa, I had my first taste of these giant mangoes in Bamako, Mali. They are called “mangues americaines” - please don’t asked me why, because I got several versions depending on who I spoke to. They are very fragrant and very sweet with a super thin stone that it’s impossible to grow another one from it. As far as I know, some specialized nurseries are the only reliable sources if one wants to grow them. I also discovered while living and travelling across the African countries that there are actually several “hybridised” or grafted mangoes that are encouraged by the government. In Burkina Faso, for example, they have a few very interesting ones, but my favorite is that one called Kent, also grown and marketed in Africa and France. This one has a slight peachy flavour and oozing with juice. Excellent to make ice cream. The other one is called mangue ananas or pineapple mangoes. These are rather frighteningly HUGE with a sweet pineapple-mango fragrance and taste, but ohh soooo full of fibres when ripe, it becomes a huge disappointment to eat and frustratingly fibrous! I suspect something very wrong happened during the grafting process. But it’s excellent eaten green or just beginning to ripe, crunchy and no fibres!
It’s only in Africa that I’ve seen five feet tall mango trees and already heavy with huge mangoes! Most of the hybridized ones are being planted although the small local fibrous ones are only appreciated for the shade they give.

It is worth mentioning too, that I am amazed how these mangoes could thrive in West Africa which is also called the sub Saharian region due to their closeness to the Sahara Desert and rain comes sporadically for a short 3 months (if it comes..)
But our Philippine mangoes still stand out the best…