I loved the Pickering I bought from your farm last week. It was a beautiful big mango. To my taste buds, it had a mild peach/apricot finish. I love peaches and apricots so I'm very happy that I bought a pickering tree from you last year. I can't wait till it fruits.
I often recommend Pickering to people that are looking to put in their first tree. even have propagated a few trees for friends and family, it has many things going for it, compact tree, that is easy to control, can fit in limited spaces, decent disease tolerance. flavor profile is one that is generally liked by most people, for example I like those Spicy mangoes, like Carrie, Kesar etc, but some people are not fond of that turpentine undertone, or resinous flavor. with Pickering you get just delicious mango. One final plus for this variety, it is very precocious. the owner wont have to wait long before it will put out fruit. usually just one or two years after planting, ( if it doesn't already have fruit on it. ) Pickering is also great variety for container growers, so those Zone pushers, that want to grow a tree up north, they can roll this tree in during winter cold snaps, and roll it outdoors when weather is warmer.
Cool, story behind my first little tree, I bought it as a 3 gallon, and it had mangoes already on it. but i removed them since tree was so small. I was out of the country, and parents did not bother to water it, when I got back poor little thing was almost dead. I put it in the ground, mulched etc. next year it gave me about 5 mangoes ( last year ) , this year the tree is about twice the size, still only about 4ft tall. and put out about 10 fruit. the flavor was a little washed out , but many mangoes are like that in South Florida this year due to the wet winter, spring we had. Take it by the name you are a zone pusher, good job !
Great story. Mangos are tough little trees. We have yet to lose one. We are in Sarasota, about 3-4 miles from the bay. So far, no freezes. Guanabana and Mamey trees keep their leaves throughout the winter. Won't try bread fruit or any of the more tropical stuff.
My Pickering even seemed to have a bit of spice flavor...not much coconut, per se...but my tree is also young (will be 2 full yr old this fall). It wanted to produce quite heavy but I stripped much of the very young fruit and I only let it grow 4 fruit to full maturity...still have one on the tree...love it...considering your tree is very young and you still gave it a 9 is impressive...my Carrie is right next to it...love that quirky Mango backup song, btw...we play it on limited occasion when we eat mango's...lol
We were very pleased with our Pickering, Lemon Zest, and Coconut Cream mangos this year. Probably the top three from our yard this year. An animal ate our last two Coconut Creams while we were out of town. Pretty disappointing. Already looking forward to next year's CC mangos.
I hear good things from those who have taste tested the Coconut Cream here in couple places in Phx...which would confirm your assessment ! I have less than a 1/2 acre here & also enjoy my natives & habitat planting--which I started with over 19 yrs ago ! Have over 500 plants. I hear the coconut cream can be a really wide spreading, larger mango tree...so as now, I have still held off--is that what you have found so far ?? The Lemon Zest is not that common here...but the Lemon Meringue, which is probably my own largest mango tree at this pt, is fairly available...
Yes, our Coconut Cream grows quite wide, with twisted branching. Craig heavily prunes the tree each year. It flowers more than any of our other mangos and the smell attracts the most flies. This is the first year our CC set a decent amount of fruit.
that mango looked so good! I moved to NC from Fl last year. I'm visiting Fl next week to see friends and get some mango. I want to grow a mango tree so bad but the winter months wont allow it here in NC
We are still waiting for our Sweet Tarts to ripen. This is the first year our tree has produced, so not sure how great the fruit will be. We did a comparison tasting a few years back with around 20 mangos including Lemon Zest, Fruit Punch, Sweet Tart, Coconut Cream, and many others. With that tasting, Sweet Tart and Fruit Punch were our favorites. I think our coconut creams were better this year or would have at least tied.
That song never gets old. Lol "manngoooooo"
I’m going to try to get my hands on one next spring
I loved the Pickering I bought from your farm last week. It was a beautiful big mango. To my taste buds, it had a mild peach/apricot finish. I love peaches and apricots so I'm very happy that I bought a pickering tree from you last year. I can't wait till it fruits.
J Jonas It’s a great mango. Different bites from the same Pickering seem to have different flavors ranging from classic mango/peach to coconut
Thanks for sharing! I am going to try growing this one in a hot spot in Northern California.
another great video. I also enjoyed the video on Valencia pride mango tree picking fruit and pruning. you made. thanks for the great videos.
Thanks so much for watching and for your encouragement!
I often recommend Pickering to people that are looking to put in their first tree. even have propagated a few trees for friends and family, it has many things going for it, compact tree, that is easy to control, can fit in limited spaces, decent disease tolerance. flavor profile is one that is generally liked by most people, for example I like those Spicy mangoes, like Carrie, Kesar etc, but some people are not fond of that turpentine undertone, or resinous flavor. with Pickering you get just delicious mango.
One final plus for this variety, it is very precocious. the owner wont have to wait long before it will put out fruit. usually just one or two years after planting, ( if it doesn't already have fruit on it. ) Pickering is also great variety for container growers, so those Zone pushers, that want to grow a tree up north, they can roll this tree in during winter cold snaps, and roll it outdoors when weather is warmer.
Great additional info on this variety!
agriperma i agree just great tasting mango i really really love that Pickering, my tree is small and only gave one but......GOOD GOOD GOOD
Cool, story behind my first little tree, I bought it as a 3 gallon, and it had mangoes already on it. but i removed them since tree was so small. I was out of the country, and parents did not bother to water it, when I got back poor little thing was almost dead. I put it in the ground, mulched etc. next year it gave me about 5 mangoes ( last year ) , this year the tree is about twice the size, still only about 4ft tall. and put out about 10 fruit. the flavor was a little washed out , but many mangoes are like that in South Florida this year due to the wet winter, spring we had. Take it by the name you are a zone pusher, good job !
Great story. Mangos are tough little trees. We have yet to lose one. We are in Sarasota, about 3-4 miles from the bay. So far, no freezes. Guanabana and Mamey trees keep their leaves throughout the winter. Won't try bread fruit or any of the more tropical stuff.
My Pickering even seemed to have a bit of spice flavor...not much coconut, per se...but my tree is also young (will be 2 full yr old this fall). It wanted to produce quite heavy but I stripped much of the very young fruit and I only let it grow 4 fruit to full maturity...still have one on the tree...love it...considering your tree is very young and you still gave it a 9 is impressive...my Carrie is right next to it...love that quirky Mango backup song, btw...we play it on limited occasion when we eat mango's...lol
We were very pleased with our Pickering, Lemon Zest, and Coconut Cream mangos this year. Probably the top three from our yard this year. An animal ate our last two Coconut Creams while we were out of town. Pretty disappointing. Already looking forward to next year's CC mangos.
I hear good things from those who have taste tested the Coconut Cream here in couple places in Phx...which would confirm your assessment ! I have less than a 1/2 acre here & also enjoy my natives & habitat planting--which I started with over 19 yrs ago ! Have over 500 plants. I hear the coconut cream can be a really wide spreading, larger mango tree...so as now, I have still held off--is that what you have found so far ?? The Lemon Zest is not that common here...but the Lemon Meringue, which is probably my own largest mango tree at this pt, is fairly available...
Yes, our Coconut Cream grows quite wide, with twisted branching. Craig heavily prunes the tree each year. It flowers more than any of our other mangos and the smell attracts the most flies. This is the first year our CC set a decent amount of fruit.
Wonder what is your top 10 mango flavors.
that mango looked so good! I moved to NC from Fl last year. I'm visiting Fl next week to see friends and get some mango. I want to grow a mango tree so bad but the winter months wont allow it here in NC
Reese12 great week to visit FL! We moved here to grow fruit 😊
Great to hear the rave review of Pickering. Can I request a video on Sweet Tart?
We are still waiting for our Sweet Tarts to ripen. This is the first year our tree has produced, so not sure how great the fruit will be. We did a comparison tasting a few years back with around 20 mangos including Lemon Zest, Fruit Punch, Sweet Tart, Coconut Cream, and many others. With that tasting, Sweet Tart and Fruit Punch were our favorites. I think our coconut creams were better this year or would have at least tied.
Does pickering taste peachy? I don't like peachy mango.
When very ripe, it has a nice coconut mango flavor.