Description
This variety originated from the Kenya coastline, most probably around the Malindi area. It is a chance seedling and its parentage is unknown. The fruits are medium to large, nearly round in shape and have a rich yellow/orange to red colour when ripe.
Average length measures 9.7 cm by 11 cm in width, and the weight is 280-580 g (mean: 397 g). Normally, if not diseased, the skin is smooth and thin, and the juicy yellow flesh is of excellent flavour and of melting texture virtually free from fibre. This is not a polyembryonic cultivar and trees propagated by seed are very heterogeneous in fruit shape, colour and quality.
GRAFTED APPLE MANGOES take about 2 years to start producing fruits. About 50 trees are planted in one acre and can give a maximum yield of 600 mangoes per tree per year. The farm gate price is Ksh. 10 per mango hence one tree can generate Ksh. 6,000 per year i.e. about Ksh. 300,000 in one acre. At a cost of Ksh. 40,000 per acre, Kenya Projects plants 50 mangoes trees per acre and takes care of them for 2 years.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.