Florigon is a mango variety from Florida with classic flavor and good sweetness.
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- Florigon – © Mangopedia.org
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- Florigon – © Mangopedia.org
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- Florigon – © Mangopedia.org
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- Florigon – © Mangopedia.org
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- Florigon – © Mangopedia.org
Mango Characteristics
Origin: Florida
Flavor: Classic
Sweetness: Good
Brix: 16.9
Sourness: Mild
Fiber: Little
Fruit Size: Medium
Eaten Green: No
Production: Excellent
Season: Early
Growth: Vigorous
Disease Resistant: Excellent
Tree Size: Large
Small-yard: No
Container: No
Seed Type: Polyembryonic
Florigon Mango Overview
South Florida cultivar from a John G. Kaiser seedling, valued for early season, productivity, and disease resistance.
Flavor and Fruit Notes
This profile lists Florigon as a Classic-flavored mango with Good sweetness, Mild sourness, and Little fiber. Fruit size is listed as Medium.
Tree and Growing Notes
Growth is listed as Vigorous, tree size as Large, small-yard suitability as No, and container suitability as No. These notes should be refined with grower observations as better sources become available.
Mangopedia Personal Experience
A Florigon mango tasted by Mangopedia measured 16.9 Brix and had a good classic Florida mango aroma. The flavor was sweet, pleasant, and very classic, with no real tartness coming through in this sample. Nothing about the flavor was overpowering; it was about as classic as a Florida mango can get.
The flesh cut smoothly and did not give the rough, stringy sound or feel that often comes with fiber. The eating texture was very smooth, and the mango was enjoyable overall. This sample from Lara Farms had a richer, sweeter flavor than a larger Florigon previously tasted from Truly Tropical, which was also classic but did not have as much flavor.
This was a smaller mango, and Mangopedia’s experience is that smaller mangoes can sometimes taste more concentrated because the sugars and flavor are less diluted than in larger fruit. This particular Florigon weighed about 15.9 oz and still delivered good sweetness and classic flavor.
The Florigon tree Mangopedia is familiar with appears very productive and seems to produce mangoes reliably. Online references also describe Florigon as having good disease resistance. The fruit looked good overall, though the top of the fruit showed some dark spotting or possible anthracnose-type blemishing. In this sample, the spotting did not affect the eating quality badly.
The tree observed was very tall, suggesting Florigon can be a vigorous, fast-growing tree. Based on this tasting and observation, Florigon seems like a productive, disease-resistant, classic-flavored Florida mango with a smooth texture and pleasant sweetness.
