Piva
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)
Piva is from South Africa, where it has been used as a rootstock that is capable of dwarfing some cultivars, including a number of Florida-types.
It is a red-colored oval-shaped fruit, small-to-medium in size, and produces beautiful inflorescence. The flesh is yellow and fiberless. The flavor is in the classic group and fairly mild with some earthiness, and is very comparable to Irwin. The seed is polyembryonic.
True to its reputation, the Piva tree has been a slow grower, really a dwarf tree itself with spreading horizontal habit and open canopy.. It has produced very well every year, and hasn't encountered problems with disease yet. It is a mid-season mango here, maturing in late June through July.
Flavor: Classic
Country: South Africa