A good friend recently asked me: "If you could only plant two mango trees what would you choose?" I told him my favorites and reasons why, plus the favorites of a couple other friends.
My choices:

1. Malika - My main reason is that I have had the most production success with this tree, it is a delicious and beautiful fruit.

2. Rosigold - Again, I have had good fruit production and the fruit is delicious and may be the most beautiful looking fruit I've seen.

3. Keit - The fruit get so freaking big, it is fun to watch it grow and grow and grow, hanging on the tree for so freaking long. It's a freak!

My list is ten to twelve long, but I'm keeping it brief here, want to know your three absolute favorites you would plant if you could only grow three. Cheers!

VP - Big, consistent, and coconutty

Kent - rich and sherberty

NDM - Smooth and creamy

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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

1) Glenn early, persistent fruiter, delicious

2) Kent persistent, best tasting, large midseason.

3) Rosigold small early, prolific

1 Rosigold, early, resistant to fungus, compact
2 Kent large fruit, delicious
3 Glenn consisten fruiter, some fiber but great taste.

Sorry to be redundant but thats my take.

Damn, looks like I need to get two new trees this year!

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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Malika is also a really good one and has been a consistent producer. It should probably replace the Glenn in my top 3 list. They say you have to pick Malika mature green and then ripen them in a box in the garage. Ive picked them straight from the tree too but normally try and follow the expert's advice.

Julie for that peach like tatse

Kent for production

Bailey's Marvel because the fruit get nice and big and the flavor amazing

Gold Nugget -- not only a taste that says "there are Mangos - and then there are Gold Nuggets" but, when the tree ripens its fruit, harvesting the fruit, peeling for freezing - nothing stains the hands orange like a Gold Nugget.

Okrung Tung -- unique taste; clustering

Rosigold -- reliable, great flavor and not too fussy with mold, mildew or blight.

I wish we could grow mangoes up here

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Picking Mallika early minimizes losses to tree rats, and you get great fruit quality, a really nice deal that makes them good handouts (with paper bags) to friends.

Criteria for selection with NO regard for

Tree height,
Disease resistance,
Growth rate
Degree of adaptability for Brevard County
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Tree #1
If you have to have mangoes every year
TOMMY ATKINS

Tree #2
High yield with great taste
CARRIE / VALENCIA PRIDE

Tree #3
Exceptional taste (taste is very very subjective)
ALPHONSO / EDWARD / BAILEY'S MARVEL / VALCARRIE
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Edited: 12/03/2016 at 10:41 AM by Thaumaturgist

Edward, delicious and zero fiber, you can scrape the seed with your teeth. Valencia pride beautiful fruit melt in your mouth goodness.

Edited: 12/04/2016 at 08:10 AM by chopola

fyi, my rosigold bloomed three times this year. Once in the spring, then late summer. It held fruit until Hurricane Matthew blew them all off. I was thinking I was going to get off season mango from it. I looked yesterday and it is in full bloom again!

My Glenn super produced for me again this year. It is consistent and taste great.

Central Floridave - My Tebow and Haden are both blooming right now. Is this setting me up for a low mango haul in the spring/summer?

Mango typically bloom December to March. If we don't have a freeze that knocks off the blooms then they will set fruit. If the flowers do abort this early, then there is a good chance the tree will have a 2nd bloom.

My three favorite mango trees are the guys on the other side of my back fence.

He says I can keep any that grow on my side.

My Mom has a great one that she can't reach any more and we get most of the mangos from that tree.

My brother in law has a huge mango tree that we get bushels of mangos from every year...

 

Don't know the varietys... but those are my three favorite anyways...

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fyi, I ate a delicious rosigold off my tree yesterday. I was out cleaning my pool and looked up and noticed a couple ripe fruit. It was great. Eating mango in december is very rare!

Awesome Dave! I wish I had some on a tree. My Nam Doc Mai is the only tree in bloom so far.
Ten varieties of mango trees, I thought a few others would be pushing out by now.
But, soon, I'm sure, they will be blooming and I'll be cussing at wet foggy mornings to go away.