Irwin
Variety of Mango · Mangifera indica
Vivid red premium mango – prized as a gift fruit in Japan and Taiwan.
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6🇺🇸 USA 1949
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildsweettender
Profile
- Parentage
- Sämling der Florida-Linie (Lippens x ?)
- Breeder
- F. D. Irwin (Florida)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 350 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, oval fruit with vivid red skin and low-fibre, sweet, mild flesh.
Growth
Compact, productive tree; well suited to greenhouse and container culture.
Yield
Main premium cultivar in Japan (Miyazaki, Okinawa) and Taiwan; harvest May to August depending on region.
Notes
The basis of Japan's luxury brand 'Taiyo no Tamago' (Egg of the Sun).
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