Mango Varieties
Everything you need to know about it.
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Tommy Atkins
The most commercially grown variety coming into the United States.
- Born: 1920´s in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
- Skin: thick, dark red tone with orange to yellow accents.
- Seed: small.
- Shape: medium to large with oval shape.
- Flavor: mildly sweet with firm, stringy and fibrous flesh.
- Season: from March to July and from October to January and is grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
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Keitt
This is the best all-around late mango. It is very productive, good-flavored, excellent for shipping, and disease resistant.
- Born: Mexico and popular in Asian cultures.
- Skin: medium-thick, green-yellow with light-red blush.
- Seed: small, or medium to large.
- Shape: large oval.
- Flavor: sweet.
- Season: long and late season. Late July, and the smallest fruit can be left on the tree as late as November.
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Kent
Considered by many to be one of the best tasting Florida mangoes for its rich taste, tender flesh and limited fibers.
- Born: 1940´s in Coconut Grove, Florida from Haden seed.
- Skin: dark green with yellow and dark red blush.
- Seed: small.
- Shape: very large oval.
- Flavor: juicy and sweet.
- Season: January to March and June to August, is largely produced in Mexico, Ecuador and Peru.
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Honeys
It is perfect for eating out of hand, for slicing and for dehydrating. If you like your mango smooth and creamy, which also touts no fibers, is for you.
- Born: in Mexico.
- Skin: canary yellow and smooth.
- Seed: very small.
- Shape: small oval.
- Flavor: sweet and creamy.
- Season: primarily grown in Mexico from March to July.
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Haden
If you like firm textures in your mango and fine fibers, the Haden is for you.
- Born: 1910´s in South Florida.
- Skin: yellow, green, red highlights and small white dots.
- Seed:
- Shape: medium to large oval.
- Flavor: sweet and little fiber.
- Season: April and May primary in Mexico.
