USDA Taymour
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 is from Egypt, and is sometimes spelled "Tymour". In Egypt it has fallen out of favor due to susceptibility to mango malformation disease. Based on conversations with Egyptian clients, we have reason to doubt whether this tree is the real Taymour. The budwood was obtained from the USDA, and thus we have taken to referring to it as "USDA Taymour'.
The fruit are ovate in shape, small-to-medium size, turning a light yellow color at maturity, some with a minor amount of pinkish blush. The flesh is yellow, soft, and completely fiberless. A truly freestone fruit. The flavor is very sweet and contains many terpenes, reminiscent of Bombay. The seed is polyembryonic.
It is a vigorous grower with long internodes, which we've been able to train into an outward spreading habit so that the tree is about twice as wide as it is tall.
It has struggled to bloom during mild winters and doesn't look like it will be a strong producer here, which is unfortunate because its eating quality is excellent. However, the tree has borne at least some fruit going back several years, so it earns some credit for consistency. We suspect it would flower for completely in a colder climate such as California.
USDA Taymour a mid-season mango here for us ripening in July.
Flavor: Indian/West Indian
Country: Egypt?