Eldon (mango)

The 'Eldon' mango is a mango cultivar which originated in south Florida, USA. Eldon eventually became a commercially adopted variety.

Mangifera 'Eldon'
Eldon mangoes at the Redland Summer Fruit Festival, Fruit and Spice Park, Homestead, Florida
GenusMangifera
SpeciesMangifera indica
Hybrid parentage'Cowasji Patel' × unknown
Cultivar'Eldon'
BreederWalter B. Eldon
OriginFlorida, USA

History

The original tree was grown from a seed on the property of Walter B. Eldon in Miami, Florida in 1939.[1] Reportedly the seed had been a Haden seed, and a 1995 analysis supported this; however a 2005 pedigree study did not support this, estimating that Eldon was likely a seedling of Cowasji Patel instead.[2] The original tree first fruited in 1942. Propagation was begun around 1948 by Lawrence Zill and J.W. Chafer.

While Eldon did not become a popular nursery stock tree in Florida over the following decades, it did eventually gain commercial acceptance in Africa.[3]

Eldon trees are planted in the collections of the USDA's germplasm repository in Miami,[4] and the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida.[5]

Eldon may have been a parent of the Southern Blush mango.

Description

The fruit is of oval shape and averages about a pound in weight; moreover, the fruit may have variegated color upon maturity, and can be a mix of green, yellow, orange and red blush. The flesh is yellow and has a sweet flavor with a pleasant aroma. The fruit contains a monoembryonic seed.

The trees are moderately vigorous with a large canopy that contains light green leaves.

References
  1. R. Bruce Ledin (1954). "Mango Varieties" (PDF) (67). Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc: 284–290. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Cecile T. Olano; Raymond J. Schnell; Wilber E. Quintanilla; Richard J. Campbell (2005). "Pedigree analysis of Florida mango cultivars" (PDF) (118). Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc: 192–197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-18. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1083571 Archived 2009-05-08 at the Wayback Machine USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, MD
  5. http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/crane/pdfs/TREC-Fruit-Collections.pdf Archived 2018-04-08 at the Wayback Machine p., #27
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