Jean Ellen
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 was originally called "Early Lemony Saigon" and came from Frank Smathers property in Miami, FL. It was re-named 'Jean Ellen' by and promoted by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden as a curator's choice mango at the Mango Festival a number of times.
The fruit are completely yellow, small, oblong in shape similar to Philippine or Saigon, with some fiber in its light-yellow colored flesh.
It has a mild, piney spiced flavor that is somewhat similar to that of the Indian Kesar mango, and is in the Indian/Alphonso-flavor group. The seed is small and polyembryonic.
The trees tend to flower early, usually multiple times. Their season runs from April to June in years when they bear multiple crops. Typically we get at least some or a considerable amount of spring mangos from Jean Ellen. The growth habit is low-to-moderate vigorous, with open canopy and vertical/upright growth habit.
The flowers are a little fungal prone, particularly to anthracnose on its early bloom. For this reason it is a poor choice for humid parts of Florida, better suited to growers near the coast. The fruit is moderately resistant to bacterial black spot.
Flavor: Indian-Alphonso
Country: Florida - USA