Diamond (HW-14)
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)
Diamond was selected from Gary Zill's breeding program in Boynton Beach, FL as a Julie seedling, and may have had Nam Doc Mai as a pollen parent. Its original planting number was HW-14
Gary Zill was less impressed with the fruit but Richard Campbell, then curator of Fairchild Garden's fruit program, took a liking to it. Intially the fruit was named "Fairchild Diamond", then later changed to "Diamond", *not* to be confused with the Diamond mango from Myanmar (aka Sein Ta Lone).
The fruit is oblong shaped, yellow at maturity, and has a somewhat odd objective flavor we compare to that of a vegetable. However, some people seem to really like it and we are growing one producing tree.
The tree has a slow-growing, very compact growth habit with dense canopy. Diamond has been a medium producer. It is a mid-season mango for us usually ripening from late June into July.
Flavor: Thai
Country: Florida-USA