The 'Sensation' mango is a late-season
mango cultivar
The following is a list of some prominent mango cultivars. Worldwide, hundreds of mango cultivars are known, with over 1000 varieties in India.
Most commercial cultivars belong to ''Mangifera indica'', while a few commercial varieties grown in Sou ...
that originated in
south Florida
South Florida is the southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is one of Florida's three most commonly referred to directional regions; the other two are Central Florida and North Florida. South Florida is the southernmost part of th ...
and was grown on a commercial scale.
History
The original tree grew from a seed planted in
North Miami, Florida
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in 1935. For some decades the parents of Sensation were unknown, but a 2005 pedigree analysis estimated that Sensation was likely a cross between
'Haden' and
'Brooks'. The tree first fruited in 1941. In 1949 it was named and the tree was moved to the Carmichael nursery in
Perrine, Florida
Perrine, Florida was an unincorporated community in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about midway between Miami and Homestead. It is at The community was named after Henry Perrine, who in 1839 had been granted a survey township of lan ...
by J.B. Carmichael, where it began to be propagated.
Despite possessing outstanding color and good production characteristics, Sensation had a drawback due to problems with uneven ripening. After receiving some initial commercial plantings, it fell out of favor as a commercial cultivar and did not become a popular dooryard cultivar in Florida. Some trees remain in commercial groves.
Sensation trees are planted in the collections of the
USDA
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's germplasm repository in
Miami, Florida
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, the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in
Homestead, Florida
Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. The population was 80,737 as of the 2020 census. Homestead is primarily a Miami sub ...
, and the Miami-Dade
Fruit and Spice Park
The Fruit & Spice Park, formally known as the Preston B. Bird/Mary Heinlein Fruit & Spice Park, is a 37-acre park located in the heart of Redland, Florida, and is the only botanical garden of its kind in the United States. This park is operated b ...
, also in Homestead.
Description
The fruit is of oval shape and typically weighs less than a pound. It has a small beak above the apex, sometimes no beak at all. The distinctive feature is the color of the skin, which is a dark plum red. The skin often contains numerous pale yellow lenticel dots. The fruits are often born in clusters. The flesh is light yellow in color with very fine fiber and flavor is mildly sweet with a light aroma.
The fruit contains a
monoembryonic Monoembryony is the emergence of one and only one seedling from a seed. A seed giving two or more seedlings is polyembryonic. Some of the nuclear cells surrounding the embryo sac
In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to an ...
seed. It ripens late-July to September in Florida, making it a late-season cultivar.
The tree has good production characteristics. It is a vigorous grower, developing an open canopy.
See also
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List of mango cultivars
The following is a list of some prominent mango cultivars. Worldwide, hundreds of mango cultivars are known, with over 1000 varieties in India.
Most commercial cultivars belong to ''Mangifera indica'', while a few commercial varieties grown in Sou ...
References
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Mango cultivars
Agriculture in Florida