Spirit of ’76 is a Florida collector mango with a patriotic name and dessert-oriented profile, but Mangopedia keeps the breeding details conservative unless stronger records are available.
Mango Characteristics
Origin: Florida
Flavor: Complex
Sweetness: Excellent
Brix: N/A
Sourness: Mild
Fiber: None
Fruit Size: Medium
Eaten Green: No
Production: Average
Season: Mid
Growth: Average
Disease Resistant: Average
Tree Size: Medium
Small-yard: Yes (with maintenance)
Container: Yes
Seed Type: N/A
Spirit of ’76 Mango Overview
Spirit of ’76 is listed on Mangopedia as a Complex-flavored mango. This profile is designed for growers, collectors, and fruit buyers who need practical context rather than loose mango folklore.
Public information on this cultivar is limited, so this profile keeps uncertain fields conservative and avoids unsupported origin, parentage, Brix, or disease-resistance claims.
Flavor and Fruit Notes
The profile currently lists Excellent sweetness, Mild sourness, and None fiber. Fruit size is listed as Medium. These categories help compare mangoes across the directory, but actual eating quality still depends on climate, harvest timing, tree health, and ripening.
Tree and Growing Notes
Growth is listed as Average, tree size as Medium, and production as Average. Small-yard suitability is Yes (with maintenance), while container suitability is Yes. In humid climates, disease resistance, bloom health, and canopy airflow matter as much as flavor.
Collector Notes
Spirit of ’76 is best compared with mangoes from the same region or flavor family. Where the origin is well supported, Mangopedia includes a direct origin tag; where the record is weak, the profile stays conservative instead of turning collector rumor into fact.
Related Mangopedia Pages
Sources reviewed: Mangopedia existing page notes; nursery/cultivar references; collector cultivar references. Existing Mangopedia Brix values were preserved unless a reliable source clearly disproved them.