Kesar
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)
Kesar is from south India, and very common in Gujarat in particular.
It is now grown on a wide commercial scale in India and is very widely recognized among people from there, many viewing it with the same special attachment associated with Alphonso.
Unlike Alphonso though, Kesar is an Indian mango that appears to perform fairly well in the climate of south Florida where we grow it.
The fruit is somewhat small-to-medium sized, ovoid-oblong in shape, and develops yellow color with some small pinkish-red blush at maturity. The flesh is fiberless, very sweet and loaded with spice and terpenes. A truly exquisite Indian flavor. The seed is monoembryonic.
The trees are medium growers with spreading canopy, and quite manageable here. They are a mid-season mango in Florida ripening from late-June through July. Though somewhat anthracnose resistant, the flowers are very prone to powdery mildew.
Flavor: Indian-Alphonso
Country: India
Seed: Monoembryonic.
Season: Mid-season mango.