Giselle
Dark-golden flesh delivers a juicy, full-flavored Florida bite.
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How it tastes
juicy · Low fibre
- Texture
- juicy
- Fibre
- Low fibre
- Eating styles
- Get sticky
- Harvest
- See regional calendars
How to enjoy it
Giselle offers a juicy Florida mango experience. Cut it over a bowl, because the liquid released with the cheeks deserves a place at the table too.
Open over a bowl to catch the juice. Scoop the ripe flesh; strain blended pulp if you prefer less fibre.
When it is ripe
Choose full-colored fruit that yields near the stem without collapsing.
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.
- Giselle
Named after Gary Zill’s wife.
- Zill 35-6
The original planting number.
- Florida Giselle
Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity.
A mango named for Gary’s wife
Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources.
Giselle came from Gary Zill’s breeding programme in Boynton Beach. It began as planting number 35-6, a seedling of a mango called Tower, and was named after Gary’s wife.
The grower who introduced it to Tropical Acres described it as a juice mango. The detail that matters most here is the change from an orchard number to a person’s name. Every tree propagated under that name carries a small family dedication into someone else’s garden.
Read the full storyPlaces in this record
Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.
- Florida
Catalogue association
Associated place in the tasting catalogue; this does not establish botanical origin.
- United States
Catalogue association
Associated country guide; cultivation, naming and origin are different claims.
- Boynton Beach, Florida, United States
A place in the story
Setting of “A mango named for Gary’s wife”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.
Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.