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Featured plant. Mango Hoaloc, Cat Hoa Loc
Cat Hoa Loc Mango
Grafted Mango (Mangifera indica) - Hoaloc, Cat Hoa Loc... It is very
rare, Exotic mango variety from Vietnam. The fruit is fiberless, oval yellow,
with very thin seed. It is a rare, collectible variety.
Among Vietnamese mango cultivars, Cat Hoa Loc is the most popular cultivar
because of good appearance, texture, taste, and flavor. Its production ranks
the first among commercial mango cultivars in Vietnam.
It is known as one kind of the most famous mango in the Mekong Delta
and one of the favorite fruit by appealing color, taste and high nutritional
value. Hoa Loc mango became the reputation brand not only in Vietnam but also
in the world. With elongated shape, bright yellow skin when ripe, bright
yellow flesh, flesh architecture firm, smooth and low in fiber, are very tasty and
fragrant.
The Vietnamese Government supports the expanding of the production area
for Cat Hoa Loc mango. At the mature green stage, Cat Hoa Loc mango fruits
usually turn to full ripening within 4-5 days thereby limiting distribution
and marketing options.
So the best way to taste this delicious rare variety is to grow your own!
A few months ago while working among the bewildering array of great plants
we grow, I began to notice wafts of a very unique fragrance. The scent seemed
somehow familiar, yet for the longest time, I was unable to determine what
kind of plant it was emanating from. I knew it was somewhere toward the back
of the growing houses but just couldn't determine its source. The fragrance is
very distinct and wonderful and could be detected over a large area... That
scent is hard to describe, however, I would suggest a mixture of Lavender and
old-fashioned florist violets... 
