Irwin
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)
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The Irwin mango was a cross between the Lippens and Haden cultivars, selected by F.D. Irwin of Miami, FL in the 1940s. It has been introduced overseas and can be found in Australia, South Africa, Taiwan, China, and Japan. In Japan, Irwin mangos are grown under very controlled conditions, prized for their beauty and fetch surprisingly high prices under names such as "Miyazaki" and "Egg of the Sun". It was also used extensively in mango breeding projects in Israel, and Irwin is a parent of a number of Israeli varieties, as well as some Taiwanese mangos.
The trees were observed to be low growers with spreading growth habit and produced a small-to-medium-sized oval-shaped fruit with a gorgeous crimson red blush. The flesh is fiberless, soft, and has a very mild flavor in the classic group. It contains a monoembryonic seed.
Here in Florida, the trees are quite productive, particularly near the coast, but become anthracnose prone in the interior. The fruit tend to bear in clusters in heavier years.
Irwin would fruit for us in Loxahatchee but get a decent amount of anthracnose fungus. It is an early season mango and ripens from June to July in West Palm Beach where it performs better.
Flavor: Classic
Country: Florida-USA