Gold Nugget
Firm orange flesh and a mild sweetness make this late Florida find easygoing.
Semi-ripe Gold Nugget on the right; Ataulfo on the left for comparison.
Mango ATAULFO GOLD NUGGET Asit.jpg — Asit K. Ghosh (Thaumaturgist). Photograph source · CC BY-SA 3.0.
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How it tastes
firm · Low fibre
- Texture
- firm
- Fibre
- Low fibre
- Eating styles
- Slice & eat
- Harvest
- See regional calendars
How to enjoy it
Gold Nugget offers mild sweetness and a firm bite. It is an easy choice when you want pieces that keep their shape alongside more aromatic fruit.
Cut the cheeks away from the flat stone, then slice or cube. Use the ripeness notes below to choose the right stage.
When it is ripe
Wait for a warm golden color and a gentle give around the shoulders.
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.
- Gold Nugget
Name given to Edward Mitchell’s selection.
- Florida Gold Nugget
An origin descriptor, not an additional variety.
The seedling someone noticed on a housing property
Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources.
Gold Nugget was selected in the 1980s by commercial grower Edward Mitchell. The seedling was growing on a housing-project property owned by a friend. Its origin had not been recorded, but its fruit caught the grower’s attention.
Mitchell named it and obtained a plant patent in 1990. Later assessments suggest Kent parentage. The exact seed remains uncertain; the act of noticing does not. This mango’s history is a reminder that valuable fruit can begin outside a formal research orchard.
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.
- Miami, Florida, United States
A place in the story
Setting of “The seedling someone noticed on a housing property”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.
Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.