Mango season has been long done On the East coast of Florida. Yes, we should normally still have mangoes available through September but not this year. This year has been a very abnormal year for almost all tropical fruit. the winter and "spring" weather through a major wrench into into the normal production times of the fruit. Many types ripened much earlier than normal and a much sorter season than normal. Every variety seemed to ripen all at once. Neelums should be around in the month of September as a few other of the mate varieties but sadly not this year.

Neelum, usually the last mango cultivar to hold fruit at my house, usually bears in August through September. The problem with it (and all late season fruits) is that they are decimated by birds and therefore, if they are not picked by early September, they are totally destroyed by the birds. This year, oddly enough, aside from Keitt and Neelum, the usual late fruiters, I have a very late crop of Pettigrew mangoes. This is an older cultivar that I picked up years ago from somewhere. It actually still has fruits on the tree while the others mentioned have all finished.

Harry

It seems like the Keitt mangoes that I was getting on Pine Island got sweeter at the end of their picking season. Makes sense I guess, as more sugar had time to get into the mangoes from the tree...

Just made one of my last Keitt smoothies. It was REALLY good!

Brad

Harry, how are your Pettigrews this year?

Have always heard good things about the Pettigrew though I have yet to try it.