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Valencia Pride mango - a stunning shade tree with red-blushed, fiberless, honeyed fruit. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Valencia Pride mango - a stunning shade tree with red-blushed, fiberless, honeyed fruit

Valencia Pride mango

Valencia Pride mango - a stunning shade tree with red-blushed, fiberless, honeyed fruit.
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Valencia Pride is a vigorous Florida heirloom - a Haden seedling from 1941, famed for its large, oblong-sigmoid fruit with yellow skin and crimson blush. The nearly fiberless, firm flesh is juicy and flavorful, offering sweet-tart notes of honey, coconut, and stone fruit . The tree grows tall and open, making it ideal for shade in zones 9-11, and is moderately cold-hardy with good disease resistance. It ripens mid- to late summer (July-August in Florida) and produces reliably once established.

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What is a good late-season Mango? Gold Nugget, a late-season fiberless gem. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

What is a good late-season Mango? Gold Nugget, a late-season fiberless gem

Mango Gold Nugget

🌈 What is a good late-season Mango? Gold Nugget, a late-season fiberless gem

Gold Nugget, developed in Florida in the 1990s and patented in 1990, likely originated from Kent seedling parentage . The fruit is large, oval, about a pound, with yellow‑orange skin and occasional pink blush. Inside, it offers firm, fiberless yellow flesh with a mild, classic mango flavor. The vigorous tree is spreading and prolific, ripening fruit from late July through August in Florida, and exhibits strong resistance to bacterial black spot. An excellent choice for late-season harvest and home dooryard planting.

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Golden Queen enormous Thai. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Golden Queen enormous Thai

Mago Khaew Yai, Khao Yai, Kiew Yai, Cat Saigon, Jin Huang, Golden Queen

🌈 Golden Queen enormous Thai Mango with many names and one big reputation

Mango Kiew Yai - has many names! It is also known as Khaew Yai, Khao Yai, Kiew Yai, Cat Saigon, or Jin Huang, Golden Queen... It is a semi-dwarf mango originally from Taiwan, prized in Thailand for eating green or pickled. It is a cross between Ivory and Keitt, producing enormous, very ornamental fruit - firm, fiberless, and sweet, with floral and honey notes. It stays mostly green with a pink or yellow blush depending on climate. A late-season variety in Florida, ripening August to September. The tree has a vertical, dense canopy and strong anthracnose resistance, making it a great backyard pick.

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Why Mallika Mango is stealing the spotlight in small gardens. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Why Mallika Mango is stealing the spotlight in small gardens

Mallika Mango tree with fruit

🌈 Why Mallika Mango is stealing the spotlight in small gardens

Mallika mango is a top-tier Indian dessert mango with rich flavor, zero fiber, and condo-friendly size. It is a semi-dwarf mango from India known for its deep orange, fiberless flesh and intense sweetness with citrus and melon notes. The fruit is harvested mature-green and ripens off the tree at room temperature, reaching peak flavor after 2 to 3 weeks. Small but highly productive, Mallika is ideal for containers and prized for its flavor, disease resistance, and reliability. Best eaten fresh, but also excellent for juice and dried mango slices.

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