Osteen
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)
Osteen is from Merritt Island, FL and was named after S.A. Osteen on whose property the seed was planted in 1935 and fruited in 1940. It is believed to have been a seedling of Haden.
The fruit are oval-oblong, medium-to-large in size with a raised stem end, and turn a purple color well before maturity that changes to a beautiful bright red when the fruit ripens. The flesh is yellow, with only minimal fiber, and possesses a very nice medium-bodied classic flavor. The seed is monoembryonic.
The trees are medium growers with spreading canopy. Osteen is a heavy producer and has become adapted commercially overseas, including Spain. Plantings still exist on Merritt Island as well.
It is a late-season mango and we obtained a few trees in 2017 for evaluation. The tree we planted first fruited in 2021.
Flavor: Classic
Country: Florida-USA