Hatcher
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)
Hatcher was a hybrid between Haden and Brooks planted by John Hatcher of Lantana, FL in the 1930s. The fruit was touted for being a mid-season mango that bridged the gap between Haden and Brooks, with large size, good flesh-to-seed ratio and fiberless flesh.
The fruit are round, can exceed 2 pounds, and develop a pastel red blush color. The flavor is of the classic-group, the notes of peach and stone fruit. They have a monoembryonic seed.
The trees tend to be alternate bearers but produce heavily in "on" years. Hatcher has been found to be highly prone to mango bacterial black spot disease and associated rot fungi, now frequently losing a majority of its crop to this new disease. We no longer recommend its planting in southeast Florida, and have topworked both of our Hatcher trees already because of this problem. We still have access to Hatcher tree budwood though and are able to produce limited quantities of the trees.
The fruit mature from July to August. The trees are vigorous growers with vertical, open canopies.
Flavor: Classic
Country: Florida - USA