Ugly Betty
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)
Ugly Betty was a seedling of Carrie from the breeding program of Gary Zill in Boynton Beach, FL (planting # 7-20).
The fruit are oval-ovate in shape with a very uneven, bumpy surface, with a light green-yellow skin color at maturity with mottled pink blush. The flesh is yellow, fiberless, and very soft. It has a very good flavor that is similar to Carrie, with plenty of spice notes, a hint of resin, and rich sweetness, belonging in the Alphonso-Indian flavor class. The seed is monoembryonic.
Our tree has a vertical growth habit and has been a stagnant grower for us. Its production has been unimpressive thus far, as has been the case for other Ugly Betty trees we've had the opportunity to observe.
On the positive side, the tree has shown an ability to fruit in marginal growing territory in Loxahatchee so it does possess at least some anthracnose tolerance.
It is a mid-season mango here, fruiting primarily in July.
Flavor: Indian-Alphonso
Country: Florida - USA