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Description: Firm, low-fiber flesh with a mild sweetness and a handsome purple blush.

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# Osteen

Firm, low-fiber flesh with a mild sweetness and a handsome purple blush.

![Labeled Osteen mangoes displayed at the Fruit & Spice Park, Florida. Maturity is not specified.](https://mangoranking.com/fruit/photos/osteen-photo-v1.jpg)

Labeled Osteen mangoes displayed at the Fruit & Spice Park, Florida. Maturity is not specified.

Mango Osteen Asit fs.jpg — Asit K. Ghosh (Thaumaturgist). [Photograph source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mango_Osteen_Asit_fs.jpg) · [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/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](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md)

## How to enjoy it

Osteen is widely associated with Spain’s mango-growing coast. Its purple skin looks dramatic; the flesh is mild and low in fibre. Judge readiness by feel as well as appearance.

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

The purple skin can mislead; wait for a slight give and fruity aroma.

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.

**Osteen**

Named for S. A. Osteen, whose property held the seedling.

- [Tropical Acres Farms — Osteen](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/osteen)

**Málaga Osteen**

A growing-region descriptor, not the cultivar’s original birthplace.

- [Tropical Acres Farms — Osteen](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/osteen)

## From Merritt Island to Málaga

Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources.

A seed planted on S. A. Osteen’s Merritt Island property in 1935 first fruited in 1940. The family name stayed with the selection as it was propagated. It is generally regarded as a Haden seedling.

Osteen later became a commercial mango in Spain, giving it a second strong geographical identity. “Málaga Osteen” describes that growing home; it does not move the original tree across the Atlantic. The pleasure of this story is the journey: a Florida garden fruit becoming part of the Mediterranean harvest.

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

- [Tropical Acres Farms — Osteen](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/osteen)

## Places in this record

Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin.

- **Spain**

  Catalogue association

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

- **Spain**

  Recorded cultivation

  The predominant cultivar in Andalusia’s 2023 agricultural account.

  - [Junta de Andalucía / RAIF: principal mango varieties in Andalusia (2023)](https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/agriculturapescaaguaydesarrollorural/raif/principales-variedades-de-mango-en-andalucia/)

- **Andalusia, mainland Spain**

  Recorded cultivation

  The predominant cultivar in Andalusia’s 2023 agricultural account.

  - [Junta de Andalucía / RAIF: principal mango varieties in Andalusia (2023)](https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/agriculturapescaaguaydesarrollorural/raif/principales-variedades-de-mango-en-andalucia/)

- **Italy**

  Research trial

  Included in the 2015 Acquedolci experiment; this record describes a trial.

  - [Gentile et al.: nine mango cultivars in an Acquedolci orchard trial (2019)](https://iris.unive.it/retrieve/e4239ddd-e7b8-7180-e053-3705fe0a3322/1-s2.0-S0308814618318843-main.pdf)

- **Acquedolci, Sicily, Italy**

  Research trial

  Included in the 2015 Acquedolci experiment; this record describes a trial.

  - [Gentile et al.: nine mango cultivars in an Acquedolci orchard trial (2019)](https://iris.unive.it/retrieve/e4239ddd-e7b8-7180-e053-3705fe0a3322/1-s2.0-S0308814618318843-main.pdf)

- **Merritt Island, Florida → southern Spain**

  A place in the story

  Setting of “From Merritt Island to Málaga”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.

  - [Tropical Acres Farms — Osteen](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/osteen)

- **United States**

  A recorded historical connection

  Place associated in the cited history; this is not a claim of botanical origin.

  - [Tropical Acres Farms — Osteen](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/osteen)

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

## Sources

- [Junta de Andalucía / RAIF: principal mango varieties in Andalusia (2023)](https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/agriculturapescaaguaydesarrollorural/raif/principales-variedades-de-mango-en-andalucia/)

- [Gentile et al.: nine mango cultivars in an Acquedolci orchard trial (2019)](https://iris.unive.it/retrieve/e4239ddd-e7b8-7180-e053-3705fe0a3322/1-s2.0-S0308814618318843-main.pdf)

- [Tropical Acres Farms — Osteen](https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/product-page/osteen)

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