Palmer (mango)
{{Short description|Mango cultivar}}
{{Infobox cultivar
| name = Mangifera 'Palmer'
| image = Mango Palmer Asit fs8.jpg
| image_caption = Display of 'Palmer' fruit at the Redland Summer Fruit Festival, Fruit and Spice Park, Homestead, Florida
| genus = Mangifera
| hybrid = 'Haden' × unknown
| cultivar = 'Palmer'
| origin =Florida, USA
}}
The 'Palmer' mango is a large, commercially grown late-season mango cultivar that originated in south Florida.
History
The original tree was grown from a seed planted around 1925 on the property of Mrs. Victor Mell of Miami, Florida. For the following decades Palmer's parentage was unknown, however a 2005 pedigree analysis estimated Palmer was a seedling of Haden.{{cite web |url=http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/academics/faculty/burns/pdf/192-197.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-08 |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 variety was first propagated in 1945 and officially named in 1949. It gained some commercial acceptance in Florida and is still grown on a limited commercial basis in the state today, as well as areas outside the United States such as Africa{{cite web |url=http://www.cirad.bf/doc/mouche2_09.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706142713/http://www.cirad.bf/doc/mouche2_09.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-06 }} and Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/5421.html |title=Mango variety: Palmer |access-date=2010-04-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330004912/http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/5421.html |archive-date=2010-03-30 }}
Palmer trees are planted in the collections of the USDA's germplasm repository in Miami,http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1665345 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, #76 and the Miami–Dade Fruit and Spice Park,{{cite web |url=http://fruitandspicepark.org/friends/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=29 |title=Friends of the Fruit & Spice Park - Plant and Tree List 2008 |access-date=2017-04-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809114510/http://fruitandspicepark.org/friends/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=29 |archive-date=2011-08-09 }} also in Homestead.
Description
The fruit is large, with especially big specimens reaching several pounds in weight. Coloration tends to be yellow with red blush when ripe; the fruit will turn purple long before becoming mature, sometimes leading to immature fruits being picked. The flesh is orange-yellow and has a mild and aromatic flavor, with minimal fiber, and contains a monoembryonic seed.{{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=137 }} It ripens from July to early September in Florida, making it a late-season cultivar.
The trees are moderately vigorous growers and have upright canopies.
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See also
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