Ford (mango)
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Mango cultivar
| Mangifera 'Ford' | |
|---|---|
| A display of Ford mango at the Redland Summer Fruit Festival, Fruit and Spice Park, Homestead, Florida | |
| Genus | Mangifera |
| Species | Mangifera indica |
| Hybrid parentage | 'Tommy Atkins' ×ばつ unknown |
| Cultivar | 'Ford' |
| Origin | Florida, USA |
The 'Ford' mango is a named mango cultivar that originated in south Florida.
History
[edit ]Ford was of unknown origin until a 2005 pedigree study estimated that it was a seedling of Tommy Atkins.[1]
The cultivar never gained popularity either as a commercial variety or a dooryard tree due to a high tendency of the fruit to split open while still on the tree, as well as lacking great eating quality.
Ford trees are planted in the collections of the USDA's germplasm repository in Miami, Florida,[2] the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida,[3] and the Miami-Dade Fruit and Spice Park,[4] also in Homestead.
Description
[edit ]The fruit obtains large sizes and can be anywhere from 2 to 5 pounds at maturity.
References
[edit ]- ^ Cecile T. Olano; Raymond J. Schnell; Wilber E. Quintanilla; Richard J. Campbell (2005). "Pedigree analysis of Florida mango cultivars" (PDF) (118). Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc: 192–197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010年06月18日.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1719303 USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
- ^ http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/crane/pdfs/TREC-Fruit-Collections.pdf Archived 2018年04月08日 at the Wayback Machine Page 3, #31
- ^ "Friends of the Fruit & Spice Park - Plant and Tree List 2008". Archived from the original on 2010年07月11日. Retrieved 2010年11月14日.
