Madras
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 is originally thought to be from modern Chennai (formerly known as Madras), in the state of Tamil Nadu in India, and reportedly of excellent eating quality. It was introduced to the US from India in 1904 and planted at the USDA's Plant Introductory Garden in Miami.
We obtained a small tree in 2018 for evaluation. That tree died but a few years later we obtained budwood from the USDA which we topworked onto a stump. The tree produced its first fruit for us in 2023.
The fruit is oval-ovate shaped, medium size, and turns light yellow at maturity. The flesh is fiberless, yellow, and has a very rich classic-subacid type flavor. The seed is monoembryonic.
The tree has a vertical growth habit with dense canopy.
We look forward to evaluating Madras in future seasons.
Flavor: Classic sub-acid
Country: India