Kent (mango)

The original tree, a seedling of the Brooks cultivar started in September 1932, was planted on January 1, 1933 on the property of Leith D. Kent{{cite web|url=http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00002967/00001|title=Mangos in Florida|website=ufdc.ufl.edu|access-date=10 May 2017}} in Coconut Grove, Florida.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzdYBfzrHqUC&q=Kent&pg=PA75|title=Register of New Fruit and Nut Varieties, 1920-1950|first1=Reid Merrifield|last1=Brooks|first2=Harold Paul|last2=Olmo|date=1 January 1952|publisher=University of California Press|access-date=10 May 2017|via=Google Books}}https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0ysyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w-cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2450,1904249&dq=kent+mango&hl=en {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} Kent was reportedly a cross between Brooks and Haden, which a 2005 pedigree analysis supported.{{cite web|url=http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/academics/faculty/burns/pdf/192-197.pdf|title=PEDIGREE ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA MANGO CULTIVARS|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|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-05-08}}{{cite web|url=http://agroinka.com/en/products/mangomangifera-indica/|title=Mango, Mangifera indica|last=zesscom|website=agroinka.com|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107151240/http://agroinka.com/en/products/mangomangifera-indica/|url-status=dead}} The tree first bore fruit in 1938. It was selected, named, and described in 1945. Kent quickly rose in popularity in Florida for its excellent taste and lack of fiber. The tree was susceptible to anthracnose, however, and the fruit's poor shelf life limited its commercial scale in Florida.

Kent is grown on a limited commercial scale outside of the United States, particularly in Latin America.{{cite web|url=https://www.campodebenamayor.es/frutas-tropicales/mango-kent/|title=Mango Kent:.Dulce, jugoso y con las mejores propiedades • C.Benamayor|website=campodebenamayor.es|access-date=10 May 2017}} Today it is still widely grown as a nursery stock tree for home growing in Florida, where it remains popular. Kent is a parent of several other Florida mangoes, including Young and possibly Gold Nugget and Jakarta.

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Kent 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?1614028 'Kent', Maintained by: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami] USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). 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 Tropical Research and Education Center Tropical Fruit Collections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408024449/http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/crane/pdfs/TREC-Fruit-Collections.pdf |date=2018-04-08 }} Page 4, #55 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. The original tree still stands in Coconut Grove.

In France, Kent is the main imported cultivar,[http://www.fruits-et-legumes.net/revue_en_ligne/d%C3%A9tail_fruits_et_l%C3%A9gumes/fich_pdf/DFL263.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425082217/http://www.fruits-et-legumes.net/revue_en_ligne/d%C3%A9tail_fruits_et_l%C3%A9gumes/fich_pdf/DFL263.pdf |date=2012-04-25 }} Source of Sept 2009 consulted on 21/10/2011{{cite web|url=http://www.globalider.com/la-oportunidad-de-la-distribucion-de-mango-kent-en-europa-4/|title=La oportunidad de la distribución de mango Kent en Europa|website=globalider.com|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-date=10 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410215155/http://www.globalider.com/la-oportunidad-de-la-distribucion-de-mango-kent-en-europa-4/|url-status=dead}} with imports coming mainly from South America and Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.mohlatsi.co.za/cultivars|title=Cultivars|website=www.mohlatsi.co.za|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-date=24 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035513/http://www.mohlatsi.co.za/cultivars|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://gegessenwirdimmer.de/produkt/obst-und-gemuese/bio-mango-kent/|title=Bio Mango Kent online kaufen - Gegessen wird immer|website=Gegessen wird immer|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-date=5 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205230526/http://gegessenwirdimmer.de/produkt/obst-und-gemuese/bio-mango-kent/|url-status=dead}}

The tree is a vigorous grower, with a compact canopy and an upright growth habit.{{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=95 }} It can get quite tall (in excess of {{convert|30|ft}}) if allowed to do so. Kent trees generally produce a large crop.

The fruit typically weighs {{convert|20|to(-)|26|oz}}, is of oval shape, and has a rich, sweet flavor. It will usually turn a greenish-yellow color with some red blush as it matures. The seed is monoembryonic and will have a tendency to sprout in the fruit if left on the tree too long when ripening. The fruit typically matures from July to August in Florida,http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg216 Table 1 sometimes into September.{{cite web|url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/mango_ars.html|title=Mango |website=hort.purdue.edu|access-date=10 May 2017}}

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• [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8435014754824626009#docid=7119357110071153842 description of Kent, Dr. Jonathan Crane, University of Florida]

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