Glenn
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)
Glenn was a seedling selected in Miami, FL by Roscoe Glenn in 1944. It was reported to be a Haden seedling but Roscoe Glenn later affirmed that it was actually a seedling of a Saigon-type mango. Haden may have been the pollinating parent though.
The trees are medium size growers with dense canopies, and are regular producers with very good anthracnose resistance, fruiting well even in marginal interior locations. Indeed, we had a number of Glenn trees that would fruit well for us in Loxahatchee Groves when we operated a farm there. They also appear to be very resistant to mango bacterial black spot and rot diseases. Glenn's flowers can be very prone to powdery mildew however.
The flesh is yellow, soft and fiberless. They have a mild classic peachy flavor that is delightful during dry weather, though can be washed out under wet conditions. The seed is monoembryonic.
The fruit are small-to-medium sized and develop nice red or orange blush at maturity. They make excellent trees for home growers, and ripen early season from May to June. Despite being around for many decades and surpassed by many more intensely flavored varieties, Glenn still occupies an important niche in the Florida nursery trade due to its resiliency as a back yard tree for people who enjoy milder, classically flavored mangos.
Flavor: Classic
Country: Florida - USA