Fernandin
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)
Fernandin is from Goa state, India, which was once a Portuguese colony, and thought to be the origin for this mango’s name. It may sometimes go under the name “Fernandina” or “Fernandez”, though the second name could be a different variety. It is reportedly resistant to fruit fly in its native range.
It is a small red and yellow colored fruit. The flesh is yellow, fiberless, and aromatic with an Indian-Alphonso group flavor, similar to Alphonso, Kesar and Mesk. The seed is small and monoembryonic.
Fernandin was briefly promoted by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s Mango Festival as a Curator’s Choice mango in the 2010s. Few trees made it into the nursery trade however.
We top-worked part of a stump into Fernandin around 2020 and the tree fruited in 2023. It appears to be a mid or late season mango in south Florida.
Flavor: Indian-Alphonso
Country: India