Valencia Pride
Pleasantly sweet and dramatic in scale, but the flavor never quite lands the monologue.
Ripe Valencia Pride on both sides; Ataulfo in the middle for comparison.
Mango VALENCIA PRIDE ATAULFO VALENCIA PRIDE Asit.jpg — Asit K. Ghosh (Thaumaturgist). Photograph source · CC BY-SA 3.0.
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How it tastes
juicy · Some fibre
- Texture
- juicy
- Fibre
- Some fibre
- Eating styles
- Get sticky
- Harvest
- See regional calendars
How to enjoy it
Valencia Pride is an impressively large fruit. Let the shoulders soften before cutting; then share the cheeks and put the softer trimmings into a smoothie.
Open over a bowl to catch the juice. Scoop the ripe flesh; strain blended pulp if you prefer less fibre.
When it is ripe
Let the fruit soften substantially; it is usually enormous.
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.
- Valencia Pride
A Florida cultivar name; it does not establish an origin in Valencia, Spain.
- VP
A collector abbreviation.
A Florida backyard becomes a family favourite
Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources.
Valencia Pride began as a Haden seedling planted in Miami in 1937. It fruited in 1941, and growers soon began propagating it. Over the following decades it became a familiar backyard tree.
The name can sound Spanish, but the documented selection story is Floridian. The sources consulted do not explain the naming occasion. What they do preserve is the patient interval between planting a seed and discovering what it would become—four years before the first fruit, then many more years of other families growing it.
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 “A Florida backyard becomes a family favourite”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications.
Harvest calendars by growing place. These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season.