Fruitful Trees
Bombay and Sonpari, 2 Amazing Mangos
Here are 2 mangos that were amazing. Both were from https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/ in West Palm Beach Florida
You can order the mangos, when in season, budwood or purchase a tree from them. Here are the descriptions of both mangos from their website:
Bombay (From Tropical Acres Website)
This mango is synonymous with the Indian Pairi (or 'Paheri'), also called Raspuri in southern India, but is known under the name 'Bombay' in Jamaica where it is fairly popular. The trees are extremely vigorous growers with dense, spreading growth habit. They often struggle to flower in Florida, and are prone to disease, particularly powdery mildew. The fruit are small, round, and develop a light red/orange blush at maturity. The flesh is very rich and resinous, and completely fiber free, containing a monoembryonic seed.
A wonderfully flavored fruit, Bombay has been a spotty producer for us thus far due to poor flowering, so we are hopeful to get larger crops as the trees get older. We feel its a mango that may be worth trialing in southern California where it should have less difficulty flowering.
They are a midseason fruit, typically ripening in July.
Flavor: Indian/West Indian
Country: India - Jamaica
Sonpari (From Tropical Acres Farms Website)
Sometimes spelled as two names (Son Pari), this mango is from India and a product of its national breeding program in Paria, Gujarat state. It was a cross between the Banganpalli (aka Baneshan) and Alphonso varieties and is considered to possess excellent disease resistance, production, and physiological traits compared to its parents. It was introduced to Florida by nurseryman Gary Zill in the early 2000s and the trees have performed well here.
The fruit are round-ovate in shape, medium-sized and pale-yellow at maturity, sometimes developing a little pink blush at the top. The flesh is yellow, medium firm, fiberless, and contains a monoembryonic seed. The flavor is amazingly rich and complex with a terrific combination of decadent sweetness and spice notes, belonging to the Alphonso-Indian group and superior to both Banganpalli and Alphonso in our opinion. One fruit brix tested in the 20s in 2017.
The trees are medium-vigor growers with spreading canopy and appear manageable, with good anthracnose resistance.
Sonpari is a mid-season mango in Florida maturing from late June through July.
Unfortunately, In 2018 we determined Son Pari to be highly prone to mango bacterial black spot.
Flavor: Indian-Alphonso
Country: India
Published Jul 8, 2022
