Sophie Frey
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)
Sophie Frey was a seedling of Julie selected by the Zill family in Delray Beach, FL many decades ago and named after Laurence Zill's grandmother. Its claim to fame is being the maternal parent of the 'Carrie' mango. Very few Sophie Fry trees are left in Florida.
The fruit are small, yellow, and oval in shape similar to the Julie. They have a yellow flesh with scanty fiber, sweet with an Indian-Alphonso group type flavor with strong spice notes. The seed is monoembryonic. The fruit appear to have good disease resistance.
We grafted a one in 2016 and planted it in 2017 for evaluation. The tree began producing in 2021. It has a moderately vigorous, spreading growth habit with dense canopy.
Flavor: -Indian-Alphonso
Country: Florida - USA