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Kent

Variety of Mango · Mangifera indica
Large, juicy-sweet export mango with little fibre – popular for fresh eating and juice.
Edible value9Medicinal value8Other uses6
🇺🇸 USA 1944

Taste & characteristics

Taste

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Profile

Parentage
Sämling von Brooks (Nachkomme von Sandersha)
Breeder
Leith D. Kent (Florida)
Pollination
self-fertile
Fruit weight
600 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Large, oval fruit with greenish-yellow, red-blushed skin and juicy, nearly fibreless, very sweet flesh.

Growth

Vigorous tree; late ripening with good shipping quality.

Yield

Important export cultivar from Mexico, Peru and Ecuador; late season.

Notes

As a green-skinned fruit it develops little red; judge ripeness by aroma and softness.

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