Grafted
Tommy Atkins
The commercial red mango: mild, reliable, and a bit fibrous. Pretty fruit, not our most thrilling eater.
This variety
The fruit
The commercial red mango: mild, reliable, and a bit fibrous. Pretty fruit, not our most thrilling eater.
Taste, season, cold, and how to plant this one.
- Taste
- The commercial red mango: mild, reliable, and a bit fibrous. Pretty fruit, not our most thrilling eater.
- Ripens
- Midsummer, often July. The blush comes before the flavor peaks — softness at the nose is the test, not red skin alone.
- Zones
- Zones 10 to 11.
- Hardiness
- Tough and disease-tolerant compared with finer Indian dessert types. Young trees are still frost-tender.
- Size
- Vigorous. Prune or it becomes the large tree in the back corner.
- Tips
- Choose Tommy if you want color and a sure crop. Choose Glenn, Carrie, or Kent if you want a better dessert. The 3-gallon size ships.
- Pollination
- Self-fruitful.