Cac
IMPORTANT READ BEFORE Make your Grafting Request Order
Deadline for Fall 2023 Orders is May 01st/2023.
Orders will be grafted this Spring, and should be ready in the Fall/2023.
A grafting request is an order for us to produce the specific tree that we don't currently have available in stock. We must graft the tree and then it must go through a multi-month process to heal and grow. Only Once the small tree has completed two flushes of growth since it was grafted do we consider it ready to leave our nursery.
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Cac is from Vietnam, and appears to possibly be synonymous with 'Cat Chu' which is grown on considerable commercial scale there. We speculate that it was an abbreviation written on a pot that resulted in this name. It shouldn't be confused with 'Coc' or "toad" fruit in Vietnam. Cac was introduced to Florida over 20 years ago, and has fast caught on as one of the most promising 'new' varieties to be grown here.
The fruit is exceptionally rich and sweet, with a brilliant acid component to balance out its sweetness. Notes of cola syrup are present in its flavor.
A really terrific Indochinese hybrid that likely contains genes from both southeast Asian and Indian lines, Cac is also a very good steady producer and largely disease-free, though it can be prone to powdery mildew on the bloom.
The fruit is ovate/heart-shaped, yellow and averages around a pound at maturity. Its major drawback is that the trees are quite vigorous, with a spreading growth habit that will likely be difficult to control over time. For this reason its not a good option for people with tree size concerns.
It is a mid-season mango in Florida, primarily ripening from late June into July most years. We consider it to be one of our best mangos and a champion of our premium fruit program.
Flavor: Saigon/Indochinese hybrid
Country: Vietnam