| Mangifera 'Palmer' | |
|---|---|
 Display of 'Palmer' fruit at the Redland Summer Fruit Festival,Fruit and Spice Park,Homestead, Florida | |
| Genus | Mangifera |
| Hybrid parentage | 'Haden' × unknown |
| Cultivar | 'Palmer' |
| Origin | Florida, US |
The'Palmer' mango is a large, commercially grown late-seasonmango cultivar that originated insouth Florida.
The original tree was grown from a seed planted around 1925 on the property of Victor Mell ofMiami, Florida. For the following decades Palmer's parentage was unknown; however, a 2005 pedigree analysis estimated Palmer was a seedling ofHaden.[1] 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 asAfrica[2] andAustralia.[3]
Palmer trees are planted in the collections of theUSDA's germplasm repository in Miami,[4] the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center inHomestead, Florida,[5] and the Miami–DadeFruit and Spice Park,[6] also in Homestead.
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 amonoembryonic seed.[7] 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.
