A mango named for Gary’s wife
Planting number 35-6 became a personal dedication.
Giselle — Boynton Beach, Florida, United States
Documented history
Giselle came from Gary Zill’s breeding programme in Boynton Beach. It began as planting number 35-6, a seedling of a mango called Tower, and was named after Gary’s wife.
The grower who introduced it to Tropical Acres described it as a juice mango. The detail that matters most here is the change from an orchard number to a person’s name. Every tree propagated under that name carries a small family dedication into someone else’s garden.
The names it answers to
- Giselle
- Named after Gary Zill’s wife.
- Zill 35-6
- The original planting number.