Jakarta
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)
The Jakarta mango was likely a chance seedling of Kent selected on the property of the Zill family in Boynton Beach, FL several decades ago. It may have had Bombay in its parentage as well based on flavor characteristics. It has no association with Indonesia despite its name, which came from a habit of a Zill family member calling it by that name. Jakarta was utilized in the breeding project of Gary Zill and is the parent of a number of wonderful selections including Sunrise, Fruit Cocktail, O-15 and Phoenix.
The fruit are medium-to-large sized, ovately shaped and develop and orange-red blush at maturity. They lack uniformity in shape more than most mangos. The flesh is fiberless, dark yellow, with a flavor that is sweet and resinous with many piney terpenes and spice undertones. It is a strong representation of what we call the Indian/West Indian flavor group. A flavor loved by many from India and the West Indies but at times too strong for the American palate. But we happen to love the flavor! It has a monoembryonic seed.
The trees have an earned reputation for fruiting poorly, particularly in the interior where they are very disease-prone. Along the coast they can be steady producers, and anecdotal evidence suggests that cross-pollination compatibility may have a significant influence on Jakarta's production habits. The trees sometimes produce too many male flowers as well which can limit fruit set some years.
The trees are very vigorous growers with upright, open canopies. Jakarta has a long season in south Florida and can mature from late-May into July.
Flavor: Indian/West Indian
Country: Florida-USA