Diab
IMPORTANT READ BEFORE Make your Grafting Request Order
We are only able to graft twice a year, Late Spring & Late Summer.
- If we receive the order between after September 24th and before May 1st, The trees will be grafted in Spring & should be ready by the end of the year.
- For orders made after May 01st and before of September 24th will be grafted in late Summer and should be ready in the Spring following year, May most likely.
Only Once the small tree has completed two flushes of growth since it was grafted do we consider it ready to leave our nursery.
(Estimated time is 6 to 8 months. Some varieties take longer time to growth)
Diab is a mango from Egypt, where it has fallen out of favor due to susceptibility to malformation disease. It is an extremely vigorous, upright grower and appears to have some difficulty flowering in Florida. Ours has produced several crops though.
The flavor is similar to other Egyptian cultivars such as Zebda and Hindi Besenara, with a syrupy sweetness and is of the Indochinese-type. It is a large, oblong fruit that turns a mottled green-purple color at maturity.
It is too anthracnose prone for interior humid areas, and we have found that Diab is highly prone to bacterial spot and rot of the fruit. Consequently we began top-working the tree after the 2018 season. A small amount of Diab foliage remains for propagation.
It is a mid-season producer in south Florida.
Flavor: Indochinese-Egyptian
Country: Egypt