Orange Sherbet is a Gary Zill mango from Florida, usually discussed with Lemon Meringue and Lemon Zest because of its sweet citrus-dessert flavor and smooth flesh.
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- Orange Sherbet – © Mangopedia.org
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- Orange Sherbet – © Mangopedia.org
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- Orange Sherbet – © Mangopedia.org
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- Orange Sherbet – © Mangopedia.org
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- Orange Sherbet – © Mangopedia.org
Mango Characteristics
Origin: Florida, Zill Mangoes
Flavor: Complex
Sweetness: Excellent
Brix: 16.8
Sourness: Mild
Fiber: None
Fruit Size: Medium
Eaten Green: No
Production: Good
Season: Mid
Growth: Vigorous
Disease Resistant: Good
Tree Size: Medium
Small-yard: Yes (with maintenance)
Container: Yes
Seed Type: Monoembryonic
Orange Sherbet Mango Overview
Orange Sherbet belongs in the complex flavor lane on Mangopedia. For growers and collectors, the important question is not only how sweet the fruit can be, but whether the tree habit, production, season, and disease tolerance fit the planting space.
Flavor and Fruit Notes
This profile lists Orange Sherbet as a Complex-flavored mango with Excellent sweetness, Mild sourness, and None fiber. Fruit size is listed as Medium. These are practical tasting categories for comparing mangoes across the Mangopedia directory, not a replacement for tasting fruit from a well-grown tree.
Tree and Growing Notes
Growth is listed as Vigorous, tree size as Medium, and production as Good. Small-yard suitability is Yes (with maintenance), while container suitability is Yes. In humid Florida-style conditions, disease resistance and canopy management should be watched closely, especially for varieties with only average documented resistance.
Collector Notes
Orange Sherbet is most useful to compare against nearby varieties in the same origin or flavor group. The notes above intentionally keep unsupported details as N/A rather than turning collector rumor into fact. Better field observations, nursery descriptions, or primary breeding records can be added as they become available.
Mangopedia Personal Experience
An Orange Sherbet mango tasted by Mangopedia measured 16.8 Brix, which is above the roughly 15 Brix average Mangopedia generally uses as a baseline for mango sweetness.
The flavor was very good and matched the Orange Sherbet name, with a clear orange-sherbet character and a little tartness alongside the sweetness. This sample seemed like it may have been picked or dropped a little too soon and probably could have used more time to ripen; with more time, the orange-sherbet flavor may have been even stronger.
The flesh had no fiber and ate well, with very good texture. This particular mango was below average in size, weighing about 8.3 oz, though other Orange Sherbet fruit may be closer to average size.
Based on this tasting, Orange Sherbet is a variety Mangopedia would recommend trying, though final opinions on any mango are best formed after tasting it multiple times across different fruit and seasons because flavor can vary from year to year. Reports from other growers suggest Orange Sherbet can be a decent, heavy-producing tree that may produce regularly, though that production note is secondhand rather than Mangopedia’s direct growing experience.
Related Mangopedia Pages
Sources reviewed: Tropical Acres Farms Orange Sherbet; Mangopedia existing page notes; Zill breeding references. Existing Mangopedia Brix values were preserved unless a reliable source clearly disproved them.
