Providence
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 was chance seedling, thought to be from 'Kent', selected by Walter Zill of Boynton Beach, FL.
The fruit are medium-to-large in size (typically over a pound), round in shape like Kent, developing a gorgeous red skin color with yellow-green background at maturity. The flesh is firm, fiberless, and yellow. The flavor is in the classic-acidic group, reminiscent of Kent but superior, with more complexity and defined acidic component. It is very similar in this regard to Zill-80. The seed is monoembryonic. Providence is a mid-late season mango ripening from July to August.
The trees are also less vigorous and more compact than Kent, with a slightly more spreading habit and open canopy. Unfortunately they appear to be more average producers. Of greater concern to us is Providence?s severe susceptibility to the new bacterial spot and rot diseases due to its Kent genes.
We have several trees, and after losing most of the fruit to rot for several years, we have begun top-working them into other varieties.
Flavor: Classic-acidic
Country: Florida-USA