Friday, July 31, 2015

Fruit for Saturday, August 1

Mango Varieties will include...
  • A nice selection of Graham
  • A great selection of Keitt
  • A good selection of Beverly
  • A few Kent, Mallika, Best, Jakarta, Neelum
Other Fruit will include...
  • A little bit of Jak Fruit
  • Some Longan
  • Sugar Apples...two varieties
  • Sapodilla
  • a few Black Sapote
  • Carambola...two varieties

Also we have a fresh batch of Mango Rollups...just mango with a little Vitamin C

Open Saturday... 9am-noon

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Open Only on Saturday Mornings

Mango supply is plummeting, so we will only be open on Saturday mornings.
Mangos will be available for several more Saturdays, but we might have only two or three varieties this Saturday.
Other fruit available will include Black Sapote, Coconuts, Sugar Apple and Carambola.

Open Saturday... 9-noon

Friday, July 24, 2015

Fruit for Saturday, July 25

Mango Varieties will  include
  • Keitt
  • Kent
  • Graham
  • Neelum
  • 'Best'

Other Fruit
  • Longan!
  • Carambola... two varieties
  • Black Sapote
  • Sapodilla
  • Mamey Sapote
  • Sugar Apples

 Open Saturday ...9am-noon

The 'Best' Mango

A bit on the 'Best' Mango...
There isn't one best mango.  People have different favorites depending on their backgrounds and even genetics.  Everyone's opinion is valid.  I'm often asked which variety is my favorite.  I don't have ONE favorite... which is a reason for growing more than sixty varieties.
Ironically there's a 'Best' mango at Truly Tropical.  Many years ago I planted seeds from some of my favorite mangos, and one emerged as the best of the group.  It's very popular... a premium mango that shares some flavors with Mulgoba.
Fortunately I found quite a few 'Best' mangos, and they will be available for purchase tomorrow.  

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Fruit for Wednesday, July 22

Open Wednesday 4:00-5:30
 Varieties will include...
  • Keitt
  • Kent
  • Neelum...
  • Beverly
  • Valencia Pride
  • Graham
  • Petegrew
  • Palmer
 ...almost all varieties are now $3/lb


 Also available...
  • Carambola
  • Coconuts
  • Black Sapote
  • ...and Longan!!

Last Fruit Picking Tour of the Year will be this Saturday

The last Fruit Picking Tour will be Saturday, July 25.
Please let us know if you would like to join the tour and how many people in your group. Cost is $5/person. The tour will start at 12:15. If that tour time fills up, we will add another tour time later in the afternoon.
This will be the last tour of the year because we are coming to the end of mango season, and there's very little fruit left to pick.

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Last Monday of the Year

July 20 (tomorrow) will be the last Monday that we're open in 2015


 Hours: noon-1:30

 
Mangos will include......
  • Keitt
  • Kent
  • Valencia Pride
  • Graham
  • Palmer
  • Gary
  • Beverly
 
Other fruit will include...
  • Carambola
  • Black Sapote
  • Coconuts

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Fruit for Saturday, July 18

Open for fruit and tree sales on Saturday... 9am-noon



Mangos Varieties include:
  • Kent
  • Keitt
  • Valencia Pride
  • Beverly
  • Gary
  • Mulgoba
  • Bailey's Marvel

Other Fruit:
  • Coconuts
  • Sapodilla
  • Great selection of Black Sapote
  • a couple pieces of Jak Fruit
  • Carambola (Star Fruit)

Fruit Trees are also available for sale.
 
Our next Fruit-Picking Tour will be July 18 at 12:15 pm

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Fruit for Wednesday, July 15

Open Wednesday  4-5:30


Mangos include:
  • Kent
  • Keitt
  • Valencia Pride
  • Beverly
  • Gary
  • Mulgoba
  • Bailey's Marvel
  • Duncan

Other Fruit:
  • Coconuts
  • Sapodilla
  • Great selection of Black Sapote
  • a couple pieces of Jak Fruit

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Fruit for Monday, July 13

Open Monday  12-1:30


  • Jak Fruit
  • Black Sapote
  • Coconuts
  • Sapodilla
  • Carambola

Mango Varieties

Very Good Supply of these Varieties...
  • Kent
  • Bailey's Marvel
  • Haden
  • Valencia Pride
  • Beverly
  • Keitt
  • Mulgoba
  • Gary
  • Mallika

Minor amounts of these Varieties...

  • Duncan
  • Jakarta
  • Jacqueline
  • Edward
  • Best
  • Irwin
  • Palmer
  • Dot
  • Alphonso
  • Graham
  • Big Jim
  • Madame Francis
  • Baptiste


Friday, July 10, 2015

Fruit for Saturday, July 11

Open Saturdays   9am-noon

 

Plentiful, Popular and Delicious Mangos this Week

  • Valencia Pride... We have a great selection for this Saturday, but 90% of this variety has been picked
  • Haden... Coming to the end of the second Haden crop of the year.  Selection for Saturday is great
  • Bailey's Marvel.. a delicious cross of Haden and Bombay varieties!  Most of the fruit has been picked.  Selection great for Saturday.
  • Mulgoba.. one of my very favorite mangos, and this year we have had a phenomenal supply.  This looks like the last strong week for this variety.
  • Gary... a cross between Carrie and Petegrew, this small mango has the texture of Carrie, but is very sweet and has a coconut flavor

Very Good Selection of These Varieties

  • Kent
  • Keitt
  • Duncan
  • Mallika

Also of note

  • Graham
  • Dot
  • Jakarta
  • Zill

Other fruit include

  • Coconuts
  • Black Sapote
  • Sapodilla
  • Mamey Sapote

Complete Mango Variety Status a/o 7-10-2015

Alphonso... a few left on the tree
Bailey's Marvel.. plentiful this week, but 85% of the fruit has been picked
Baptiste... small tree, but most of the fruit still on the tree
Best... not a huge crop this year, but most still on the tree
Beverly... starting to pick this late variety
Big Jim.. a few left on the tree
Bombay.. essentially done for the year
Carrie... occasionally find a couple fruit, but the season is over
Chocanon... season very close to being over
Coconut Cream... no production this year but should have some next year
Cogshall... 90% have been picked
Cushman... trees have been trimmed, so all the fruit is off the trees
Dot... we will probably pick the last of the crop in the next couple days
Duncan... season almost over
Dupuis Saigon
Dwarf Hawaiian.. season just ended
Edward.. one of our trees still has fruit
Elephant  Tusk...some fruit still available
Fairchild.. the season is essentially over
Florigon.. season definitely over 
Fruit Punch.. hope to have some next year
Gary ... 90% picked
Glenn ... season over
Graham... 40% picked
Haden... second crop 90% picked
Harvest Moon... small tree, a few on tree but not yet ready
Ice Cream... a few still available
Irwin... mid season
Jacquelin.. just a couple still on the tree
Jakarta... one tree finished for the year, others are still not ready to pick
Joellen... in the process of grafting this tree to another variety
Jubilee...grafted to other varieties
Julie... still some fruit on the trees
Juliette..season essentially over
Keio Savoy... season over
Keitt... season just starting
Kent... season will be short...good supply now
Lemon Zest... might get some fruit next year
Madame Francis... still some fruit left
Mallika... still some fruit on the trees
Mulgoba... a fantastic year for this delicious variety, but coming to an end
Nam Doc Mai... not a great year for NDM, and the season is almost over
Neelum... picking the early fruit
Paige... only one of these big beauties is still on the tree
Palmer... about halfway through this late variety
Petegrew.. about halfway through this one too
Phillipine... almost finished
Pickering.. about half the crop has been picked
Pim Seng Mun.. season has ended
Pina Colada.. no fruit this year
Pineapple Pleasure.. almost finished
Po Pyu Kalai (Lemon Meringue)... season has ended
Pram Kai Mea... almost everything has been picked
Rosa.. a very long season which seems to have just finished
Rosigold.. season has ended
Ryan... trimmed the tree Wednesday, so the season is over
Southern Blush.. a couple fruit left on the tree
Sweet Tart.. season just ended
Tess Pollock.. possibly a few more left on the trees
Tommy Atkins.. last week
Turpentine... fruit have been very small this year
ValCarrie.. possibly available next year
Valencia Pride.. a great year... now past the peak of the season
Van Dyke.. almost completely picked
Zebda.. no fruit this year
Zill.. a few more left on the tree
Zill Indochinese .. season almost over

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Fruit for Wednesday, July 8

Hadens are gorgeous and plentiful.  Quantity discount when you buy 20 lbs or more of Haden.  Also lots of nice Haden drops for $1 per pound.

Valencia Pride is plentiful also.  We are offering slightly blemished fresh-picked Valencia Pride for $2 per pound.

Most of the varieties from the last several posts are still available.  Special situations include several Julie mango were ready to pick.  We are limiting purchase to 2 per person since so many people are interested in this variety.  Also we have several Pickering and Graham.

Other than mangos, we have Mamey Sapote.

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Fruit for Monday, July 6

Monday, Noon-1:30



Mango Varieties Will Include
  • Haden...second crop, nice supply
  • Valencia Pride...still peak season!
  • Duncan..coming to the end of the season
  • Keitt...starting to pick this late variety
  • Kent...gorgeous
  • Bailey's Marvel...coming in strong
  • Cushman..dwindling
  • Carrie... small late crop is ripening...nice selection
  • Southern Blush...dwindling
  • Glenn...nice supply but every Glenn is off the trees.. definitely last Saturday for Glenn
  • Gary.. found a boxful of this popular variety
  • Tess Pollock.. finally have a nice box of a second crop
  • Graham.. delicious this year
  • Mallika... nice selection
  • Ryan.. a few
  • Beverly
  • Neelum
  • Palmer
  • Irwin
  • Van Dyke.. a few
  • Cogshall

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Fruit for Saturday, July 4

Yes, we will be open July 4!

Saturday 9am-noon



Mango Varieties Will Include
  • Haden...second crop, nice supply
  • Valencia Pride...still peak season!
  • Duncan..coming to the end of the season
  • Keitt...starting to pick this late variety
  • Kent...gorgeous
  • Bailey's Marvel...coming in strong
  • Cushman..dwindling
  • Carrie... small late crop is ripening...nice selection
  • Southern Blush...dwindling
  • Glenn...nice supply but every Glenn is off the trees.. definitely last Saturday for Glenn
  • Gary.. found a boxful of this popular variety
  • Tess Pollock.. finally have a nice box of a second crop
  • Graham.. delicious this year
  • Mallika... nice selection
  • Ryan.. a few
  • Beverly
  • Dot
  • Neelum
  • Palmer
  • Irwin
  • Van Dyke
  • Cogshall
  • a couple Julie
  • a few Fairchild
  • Edward
Other Fruit
  • Black Sapote
  • Coconuts
  • Sapodilla
  • Wax Jambu