Ford (mango)
{{Short description|Mango cultivar}}
{{Infobox cultivar
| name = Mangifera 'Ford'
| image = Mango Ford Asit fs8.jpg
| image_caption = A display of Ford mango at the Redland Summer Fruit Festival, Fruit and Spice Park, Homestead, Florida
| genus = Mangifera
| species = Mangifera indica
| hybrid = 'Tommy Atkins' × unknown
| cultivar = 'Ford'
| origin = Florida, USA
}}
The 'Ford' mango is a named mango cultivar that originated in south Florida.
History
Ford was of unknown origin until a 2005 pedigree study estimated that it was a seedling of Tommy Atkins.{{cite journal|url=http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/academics/faculty/burns/pdf/192-197.pdf |title=Pedigree analysis of Florida mango cultivars |publisher=Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc |year=2005 |author1=Cecile T. Olano |author2=Raymond J. Schnell |author3=Wilber E. Quintanilla |author4=Richard J. Campbell |issue=118 |pages=192–197 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618184535/http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/academics/faculty/burns/pdf/192-197.pdf |archive-date=2010-06-18 }}
The cultivar never gained popularity either as a commercial variety or a dooryard tree due to a high tendency of the fruit to split open while still on the tree, as well as lacking great eating quality.
Ford trees are planted in the collections of the USDA's germplasm repository in Miami, Florida,http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1719303 USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida,http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/crane/pdfs/TREC-Fruit-Collections.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408024449/http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/crane/pdfs/TREC-Fruit-Collections.pdf |date=2018-04-08 }} Page 3, #31 and the Miami-Dade Fruit and Spice Park,{{cite web|url=http://fruitandspicepark.org/friends/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D43%26Itemid%3D29 |title=Friends of the Fruit & Spice Park - Plant and Tree List 2008 |access-date=2010-11-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711112824/http://fruitandspicepark.org/friends/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=29 |archive-date=2010-07-11 }} also in Homestead.
Description
The fruit obtains large sizes and can be anywhere from 2 to 5 pounds at maturity.
References
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See also
{{Mangoes}}
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