“One Of The Better Years” For Florida Mangoes
July 19, 2011 | 1 min to read
For mango lovers, this season is particularly sweet.
If you have a mango tree or two, chances are you've been scrambling in the heat to stay ahead of the squirrels, serving mangoes at every meal and lugging bags of fruit to work.
An unusually cold December and record dry season were the perfect recipe for "one of the better years," for the golden beauties, said Louise King, president of the Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida. "It's absolutely wonderful for mangoes. They look like jewels hanging from the trees."
Their flavor is sumptuous, too.
"This year, they're prettier, they're sweeter," said Dr. Richard Campbell, director of horticulture for Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables. "Everything about them is better because of the very, very dry conditions we've had."
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