Comments on: Tainong and Irwin Mango Varieties

By: GenerSumilang

GenerSumilang — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:34:02 +0000

Zambales mangoes are succulent and tasty but the problem with mangoes from this place is-easy prone to pests! some mangoes locally sold to consumers were infested with maggots! i hope that some agencies should look on this matter not to tarnish its quality and standings on the market.
One thing that we should know is, we should expand our market better in many countries like in europe,middle east and the u.s.,we can create more job opportunities locally by doing so, in fact we should plant more mangoes and other fruit bearing plants to be exported as our products are not much known in the outside world! besides, can you imagine that our carabao mangoes are far cheaper compare to south asian mangoes thought our mangoes are far tastier and superior in all aspects! is there any agency in the philippines who is capable of regulating the prices? my GOD, our mangoes are like a kings dishes while the price is way too cheap!. this should not make the price of mangoes locally to become expensive anyway as we are the sole source of this golden fruit…

By: GenerSumilang

GenerSumilang — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:46:05 +0000

Tell all the names and tastes of mangoes in the world, but for me, its the “VIZCAYA MANGOES” are the best! Its taste is incomparable,fibers are impossible to trace,tenderness is excellent, and the taste is superior to any mangoes worldwide, shape is refined by nature,size is acceptable and the smell when ripe is very refreshing..I tried and tasted almost all mangoes around the world like india,pakistan,thailand,taiwan,sri lanka, burma and from africa like kenya and sierra leone but their mango taste is inferior to that of vizcaya mangoes, maybe this mangoes are the best if you never tasted the vizcaya mangoes. Alphonso mango from india is comparable in smell but by far cannot be compared on its general appearance, quality and taste, its fibers are also very destructive to mouth! you needed blender it eat its juice! then how can you enjoy eating naturally a mango? many mangoes in philippines most likely from south like guimaras and davao are almost the best, but mangoes there are still not comparable by far from vizcaya mangoes…try mangoes from this region and see the difference…

By: bart

bart — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:40:38 +0000

they started as apple grafted with mango.

By: anthony

anthony — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:37:46 +0000

hello.
am not knowledgeable with fruits. are apple mango a variety of mango, or a hybrid? or are they apple grafted with mango? thanks

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:09:25 +0000

The variety from Zambales that is said to be the best of the carabao varieties is the Sweet Elena variety. There have been scientific studies conducted that more or less prove it’s “superiority”. Of course, taste is a matter of preference.

By: dragon

dragon — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:41:02 +0000

To all kababayans outside of the Philippines: let’s look at the bright side and be thankful that our mangoes are not “good enough for import” to other countries. It only means more for our local consumption and that the prices of these mangoes won’t go sky high as there are “no foreign demand” for the product. ;-)

By: alberto

alberto — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:34:03 +0000

Hello mangos lovers!! Can somebody give me the name of a nursery that will sale plants to Miami, Florida? I`m from Cuba and we always said that filipinos mangos are the best!!!I try to buy some plants here but they are not the real deal… mi email: alberto33134@yahoo.com
thanks!!!

By: kaye

kaye — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:04:36 +0000

hi, i love mangoes…be it green or yellow..but it must be from zambales.Im from zambales, so give our mangoes a chance. I havent tasted mangoes from other parts of the world like you did but i tasted mangoes from different parts of our country but i must say zambales mangoes are the best..sweet and very succulent.

By: m.abad

m.abad — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:51:41 +0000

We want to you more detail about your mango variety and specification of all variety

By: Dodi

Dodi — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:26:16 +0000

Hi MM!
I don’t want to be paranoid but I am wary about consuming some fruit varieties which may be genetically-modified , that’s why I stick to the “pure” mango strains that we have. Most mangoes coming out of Guimaras for LOCAL consumption may not be the “best” that they have because the “best” ones are exported abroad. My expat friends go gaga over our local varieties so I guess that says a lot for our mangoes. I don’t know if Australia still prohibits importing our mangoes, but I can shout hurray because they don’t know what they’re missing and they won’t have to “modify” it according to their taste. So, carabao, piko, supsupin, etc., bring them on!!!