History

'Graham' was a seedling of the 'Julie

Julie (mango)

- History :The origin of the 'Julie' mango is not known for sure but recent genetic studies show that it was possibly descended from cultivars introduced to the Caribbean through the French West Indies from Réunion. ; its monoembryonic trait suggests it is descended from the Indian line of...

' mango planted in Trinidad. In 1932 the variety was introduced to the United States

United States

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 by the USDA through Florida

Florida

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'Graham' has become a popular nursery stock tree in Florida for home growing due to its fine flavor and good disease resistance. It was selected as a curator's choice mango for Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is a botanic garden, with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines. It is located in metropolitan Miami, just south of Coral Gables, Florida, United States, surrounded at the south and west by Matheson...

's 2008 mango festival. The fruit is also popular in the Windward Islands

Windward Islands

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'Graham' trees are now planted in the USDA's germplasm repository in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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., the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida

Homestead, Florida

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, and the Miami-Dade Fruit and Spice Park

Fruit and Spice Park

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, also in Homestead.

Description

The fruit is of oval shape, with a rounded apex that sometimes contains a small lateral beak. The skin is yellow at maturity, and is bumpy and undulating. The flesh is orange, fiberless, and has a rich and aromatic flavor. The fruit contains a monoembryonic seed, and typically matures from June to August in Florida.

Unlike its parent 'Julie', 'Graham' is a vigorous grower that reaches over 20 feet in height and forms a round, dense canopy.

See also

• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6395383666971539214# Video description of Graham by Dr. Jonathan Crane of the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center