Peach Cobbler
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)
Peach Cobbler is an interesting mango from the breeding program of Gary Zill in Boynton Beach, FL (planting # O-2), and was a Kent seedling with 'Gary' thought to be its pollen parent.
The fruit are round in shape, small-to-medium sized, and stay mostly light green even when ripe, making judging maturity challenging. The flesh is soft, fiberless, and orange in color. The flavor is exceptionally rich, but despite the name, has more of a complex Gary-type citrus flavor and has been extremely popular among those who try it. Unfortunately, the fruit will go overripe if allowed to ripen on the tree and the shelf life seems rather brief.
The tree is a vigorous grower with dense, spreading canopy. They appear to be highly un-precocious, taking years just to flower and initially flowered poorly in response to mild winters. Their fruit set was average and retention unimpressive. As the tree has aged however, its flowering habit has improved as has its total production. Its also very resistant to mango bacterial black spot. The season is July to August.
Due to its issues so far, we can't recommend Peach Cobbler to home growers in south Florida at this time despite its superb flavor. However it may be a better choice for growers in central Florida and apparently does well in California.
Flavor: Citrus
Country: Florida-USA