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Ford (mango)

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Genus
  
Mango

Origin
  
Florida, USA

Cultivar
  
'Ford'

Ford (mango)

Hybrid parentage
  
'Tommy Atkins' x unknown

Similar
  
Gary, Parvin, Cushman, Brooks, Jean Ellen

The 'Ford' mango is a named mango cultivar that originated in south Florida.

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History

'Ford' was of unknown origin until a 2005 pedigree study estimated that it was a seedling of 'Tommy Atkins'.

'Ford' never gained popularity either as a commercial cultivar 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, the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida, and the Miami-Dade Fruit and Spice Park, also in Homestead.

Description

The fruit obtains large sizes and can be anywhere from 2 to 5 pounds at maturity.

References

Ford (mango) Wikipedia


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