Emerald
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)
Emerald was selected on Pine Island, FL and probably had Bombay in its parentage. It was promoted by Fairchild Garden's Mango Festival as a "Curator's Choice" tree in the past. The fruit has a firmer flesh than Bombay and the tree grows much less vigorously, with a more open canopy.
The flavor is similar though not quite identical to Bombay, and belongs in the Indian/West Indian flavor group. The seed is monoembryonic.
Emerald fruit tend to be small and a light green color at maturity, sometimes with just a hint of pink blush. Their shape is oval/round.
It has been a consistent producer for us and flowers regularly. They are mid-season and ripen mostly in late June/July. We feel Emerald is a good quality representative of the Indian/West Indian group and is a very nice option for people who want to grow Bombay in limited yardspace or want something like Bombay that will flower more consistently in south Florida.
Flavor: Indian/West Indian
Country: Florida-USA