Alice (mango)
{{Short description|Mango cultivar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox cultivar
| name = Mangifera 'Alice'
| genus = Mangifera
| species = Mangifera indica
| hybrid = 'Saigon' seedling
| cultivar = 'Alice'
| origin = Florida, US
}}
File:Mango Alice Asit fs.jpg in Homestead, Florida on 21 June 2008.]]
The Alice is a mango cultivar that originated in South Florida.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0l2JnsONxlAC&q=Alice&pg=PA19|title=Breeding Tropical and Subtropical Fruits|last=Ray|first=P. K.|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|year=2002|isbn=9783540428558|pages=19|language=en}}
History
The original tree was reportedly a seedling of the 'Saigon' mango planted in 1935{{cite journal |url=https://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1954-vol-67/284-290%20(LEDIN).pdf |title=Mango Varieties |publisher=Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc |year=1954 |author=R. Bruce Ledin |issue=67 |pages=284–290 |journal= |access-date=11 October 2018 |archive-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011133344/https://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1954-vol-67/284-290%20(LEDIN).pdf |url-status=dead }} on the property of Fred Herman in South Miami, Florida, and was named after his wife Alice Herman. Some have speculated that Alice may have been a hybrid between a Saigon and an Indian mango. The tree first fruited in 1940, with its name being published in 1950.
While the fruit was considered of good quality, Alice did not become commercially adapted primarily due to consistently light crops.
An Alice tree is part of the USDA's germplasm collection in Miami, Florida,[https://archive.today/20120802101836/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1723123] USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. and an example is also planted at the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida.{{Cite web |url=http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/crane/pdfs/TREC-Fruit-Collections.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408024449/http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/crane/pdfs/TREC-Fruit-Collections.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}
Description
The fruit is of oval shape, averaging under a pound in weight at maturity. It has smooth skin that turns yellow orange at maturity with some red blush. The apex is rounded and contains no beak. The flesh has a strong aroma, and is fiberless, rich, and sweet. It contains a monoembryonic seed. In Florida the fruit usually ripens from late June to July.{{cite book |title= A Guide to Mangos in Florida|last=Campbell |first= Richard J.|year=1992 |publisher=Fairchild Tropical Garden |isbn=0-9632264-0-1 |page=29 }}
The tree is a vigorous grower and has a spreading canopy.
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