Pillsbury
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)
Pillsbury was originally called “Pillsbury’s Improved Haden”, and was a Haden seedling selected by Asa Pillsbury of Palma Sola, Florida, a well-known member of the Bradenton area community in the early 20th century and a small-time mango grower at the time. ‘Pillsbury’ garnered some local attention and was produced in the nursery trade a minor amount, but never caught on across Florida. Today it is found in the germplasm collections in Miami-Dade County.
The fruit is round in shape, with a similar appearance and color toon to Haden itself, turning a bright Reed with yellow background color.
We acquired Pillsbury budwood in 2018, topworking it onto a mature tree. As this graft was not growing due to being outgrown by the rest of the canopy, we took budwood off it in 2022 and grafted several potted trees to preserve the variety within our collection. A Tree was planted in 2023.
Flavor: Classic
Country: Florida-USA