Gaylour
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)
This mango is reportedly from Egypt, though none of our Egyptian customers seem familiar with it. It is yellow and has a long oblong shape, with decent fruit size.
The flesh is pale yellow, firm, fiberless, and very finely flavored, belonging to the Indian/West Indian flavor group. It is comparable to mangos like Step, ST Maui and Taymour in flavor. The seed is monoembryonic, unlike most Egyptian mangos. The tree has a spreading growth habit and is very vigorous. Like some other large, oblong shaped fruit it is very prone to splitting on the tree.
We planted Gaylour in 2017 for evaluation. It first fruited in 2019 and we have been very impressed with its eating quality ever since. It appears to be a mid-season fruit here.
It has been resistant to mango bacterial black spot and anthracnose, but fruit splitting has proven to be a major issue in recent years, particularly after periods of heavy rainfall.
Flavor: Indian/West Indian
Country: Egypt