Young, later marketed as Tebow, is a Florida mango selection from Edward and Kent parentage, valued for fiberless flesh and rich modern dessert quality.
Mango Characteristics
Origin: Florida
Flavor: Complex
Sweetness: Excellent
Brix: N/A
Sourness: Mild
Fiber: None
Fruit Size: Medium to large
Eaten Green: No
Production: Good
Season: Mid
Growth: Average
Disease Resistant: Average
Tree Size: Medium
Small-yard: Yes (with pruning)
Container: Possible when young
Seed Type: Monoembryonic
Young Mango Overview
Also known as: Tebow; Edward × Kent #14
Young is listed on Mangopedia as a Complex-flavored mango. This profile is written for growers, collectors, and fruit buyers who need practical context instead of journal-style notes.
Flavor and Fruit Notes
The profile currently lists Excellent sweetness, Mild sourness, and None fiber. Fruit size is listed as Medium to large. These categories help compare mangoes across the directory, while actual eating quality 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 Good. Small-yard suitability is Yes (with pruning), while container suitability is Possible when young. Growers should consider disease pressure, canopy airflow, and local ripening conditions before choosing any cultivar.
Collector Notes
Young is best compared with mangoes from the same origin, parentage, or flavor family. Mangopedia uses conservative tags and aliases so readers can connect related names without turning collector rumor into fact.
Related Mangopedia Pages
Sources reviewed: Existing MangoPedia notes; Florida horticultural references; collector and nursery descriptions; related Tebow cultivar records. Existing Mangopedia Brix values were preserved unless a reliable source clearly disproved them.