Mangoes

Sweet Tart

Candylike intensity balanced by enough acidity to keep every bite electric.

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How it tastes

buttery · Low fibre

Texture
buttery
Fibre
Low fibre
Eating styles
Bring a spoon
Harvest
See regional calendars

How to enjoy it

Sweet Tart is named for the contrast at the centre of its appeal. A bright acidic edge gives its sweetness definition. Taste it plain before adding sugar to any dessert.

Cut ripe cheeks and scoop with a spoon. Taste the flesh plain before adding it to a dessert.

When it is ripe

Wait for full color, a strong fruity scent, and gentle softness.

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.

Sweet Tart

The named selection, with a descriptive flavour name.

C-1

Original planting number.

Zinc

Short name for seed parent Zill Indochinese, not an alias for Sweet Tart.

Zill Sweet Tart

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

From C-1 to a name you can taste

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

Sweet Tart was planting C-1 in Gary Zill’s Boynton Beach breeding programme. Its recorded seed parent was Zill Indochinese, often shortened to Zinc. Those plain orchard labels preserve the work behind a name that now sounds like a sweet-shop invention.

The name describes the strong sweet-and-acid contrast growers report in the fruit. It tells the eater what made the selection memorable, while C-1 tells the grower where it began. The available record does not supply a separate person or historic event behind the naming.

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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 “From C-1 to a name you can taste”. 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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