Mangoes

Pickering

Firm yellow flesh delivers intense sweetness and a memorable coconut note.

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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

Pickering combines firm flesh with a flavour some eaters describe as coconut-like. Try it plain first; the contrast between texture and aroma is the interesting part.

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 the yellowing fruit to soften and smell distinctly tropical.

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.

Pickering

Honours Walter Zill’s customer Wayne Pickering.

Condo mango

A growing-habit description used for several compact varieties, not a unique synonym.

A mango named for a loyal customer

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

Walter Zill selected Pickering from a chance seedling in Boynton Beach during the 1980s. He named it for Wayne Pickering, a longtime customer. The name carries a nursery relationship into every garden where the tree is planted.

Its compact habit later earned it the informal description “condo mango,” bringing it into small spaces and containers. Carrie and Irwin have been suggested as its parents, but that remains speculation. The remembered customer is a firmer part of the story than the proposed family tree.

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Places 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 a loyal customer”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.

Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.

Sources

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