East Indian
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)
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East Indian is from Jamaica where it is extremely popular and one of the most sought after mango varieties. It is probably closely related to juicing "Rasalu" type mangos brought from south India to Jamaica in the 19th century.
It is an oblong, green colored mango of medium size, around a pound in weight on average. With sun exposure they develop some ornate pinkish and orange blush at the top. The flesh is *highly* fibrous and it is best utilized as a juice mango for this reason. The flavor is remarkably richly sweet and very resinous with many spice notes and turpenes. We regard it as one of the most complex-tasting mangos. The seed is polyembryonic.
Unfortunately, despite high demand among people from Jamaica, East Indian trees tend to perform quite poorly across south Florida. Even in West Palm Beach in good growing conditions, East Indian has been very problematic for us due to fungal problems impacting both the flowers and fruits. What fruit the trees do produce tend to be consumed by anthracnose while on the tree if its not controlled. The flowers are also very prone to both anthracnose and powdery mildew, and the fruit is prone to mango bacterial black spot as well.
For this reason we do not recommend East Indian for planting in south Florida without a strong disease control program.
The trees are only low-to-moderate in vigor, with spreading growth habits and open canopy. They are very manageable with pruning.
East Indian is an early-season mango for us ripening mostly from May through June.
Flavor: Indian/West Indian
Country: Jamaica