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Description: Haiti’s popular strong-flavored mango brings loud perfume, orange flesh, and plenty of juice.

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# Francis

Haiti’s popular strong-flavored mango brings loud perfume, orange flesh, and plenty of juice.

![Three mangoes: Valencia Pride left, yellow Madame Francis center, and Ataulfo right](https://mangoranking.com/fruit/photos/francis-photo-v1.jpg)

Madame Francis from Haiti in the middle; Valencia Pride on the left and Ataulfo on the right.

Mango VALENCIA PRIDE MADAME FRANCIS ATAULFO Asit.jpg — Asit K. Ghosh (Thaumaturgist). [Photograph source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mango_VALENCIA_PRIDE_MADAME_FRANCIS_ATAULFO_Asit.jpg) · [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Resized for display; complete frame retained. No generative edits.

## How it tastes

juicy · Some fibre

**Texture**

juicy

**Fibre**

Some fibre

**Eating styles**

Get sticky

**Harvest**

[See regional calendars](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md)

## How to enjoy it

Madame Francis offers a strong aroma and juicy orange flesh. Some fibre comes with that character; eat ripe cheeks over a bowl or blend and strain for a smooth drink.

Open over a bowl to catch the juice. Scoop the ripe flesh; strain blended pulp if you prefer less fibre.

## When it is ripe

Look for full gold color and softness around the shoulder.

Flavour notes are subjective. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the fruit.

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Names, history & sources

## Recorded names

A shared name does not by itself establish an identical cultivar. Place, language and source matter.

**Francis**

- [National Mango Board — world cultivars and rootstocks](https://www.mango.org/Mangos/media/Media/Documents/Research%20And%20Resources/Research/Industry/Post-Harvest/Mango_rootstock_Final_Report_Eng.pdf?ext=.pdf)

- [Mango Database — Francis, including Walter Zill’s recollection](https://www.mangodatabase.com/variety-details/11/francis)

**Francis / Madame Francis**

Names used in English-language trade.

- [National Mango Board — world cultivars and rootstocks](https://www.mango.org/Mangos/media/Media/Documents/Research%20And%20Resources/Research/Industry/Post-Harvest/Mango_rootstock_Final_Report_Eng.pdf?ext=.pdf)

- [Mango Database — Francis, including Walter Zill’s recollection](https://www.mangodatabase.com/variety-details/11/francis)

**Francique / Francisque**

Haitian and horticultural spellings recorded for the mango.

- [National Mango Board — world cultivars and rootstocks](https://www.mango.org/Mangos/media/Media/Documents/Research%20And%20Resources/Research/Industry/Post-Harvest/Mango_rootstock_Final_Report_Eng.pdf?ext=.pdf)

- [Mango Database — Francis, including Walter Zill’s recollection](https://www.mangodatabase.com/variety-details/11/francis)

**Madame Francis**

Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity.

**Haitian mango**

Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity.

## Haiti’s name on the fruit box

Documented name: the history of the first tree remains unresolved.

Madame Francis, Francis and Francique are names used for this Haitian mango. Horticultural records document its importance to Haiti’s export trade, carrying a familiar local fruit into shops abroad.

Grower Walter Zill recalled encountering it on seed-collecting trips to Haiti and enjoying mature fruit there. That is a documented personal encounter, but it does not tell us who the original “Madame” was. We leave that tempting biographical story open instead of inventing a woman to fit the name.

[Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/francis.md)

- [National Mango Board — world cultivars and rootstocks](https://www.mango.org/Mangos/media/Media/Documents/Research%20And%20Resources/Research/Industry/Post-Harvest/Mango_rootstock_Final_Report_Eng.pdf?ext=.pdf)

- [Mango Database — Francis, including Walter Zill’s recollection](https://www.mangodatabase.com/variety-details/11/francis)

## Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

- **Haiti**

  Catalogue association

  Associated place in the tasting catalogue; this does not establish botanical origin.

- **Haiti**

  A place in the story

  Setting of “Haiti’s name on the fruit box”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.

  - [National Mango Board — world cultivars and rootstocks](https://www.mango.org/Mangos/media/Media/Documents/Research%20And%20Resources/Research/Industry/Post-Harvest/Mango_rootstock_Final_Report_Eng.pdf?ext=.pdf)

  - [Mango Database — Francis, including Walter Zill’s recollection](https://www.mangodatabase.com/variety-details/11/francis)

[Harvest calendars by growing place](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md). These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.

## Sources

- [National Mango Board — world cultivars and rootstocks](https://www.mango.org/Mangos/media/Media/Documents/Research%20And%20Resources/Research/Industry/Post-Harvest/Mango_rootstock_Final_Report_Eng.pdf?ext=.pdf)

- [Mango Database — Francis, including Walter Zill’s recollection](https://www.mangodatabase.com/variety-details/11/francis)

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