Fresh Fruit like Apple, Mango
Supplier: Fruits like apple, mango
Supplier: Fruits like apple, mango
Apple Mango Origin: SA Fruit size: Medium Weight in grams: 370 Yield: Medium/large Fruit color: Yellow orange to red Fresh color: Yellow Fibre content: Low Seed type: Monoembryonic Fruit shape: Oval oblique Seed percentage: 7.9 Eating quality: Excellent Regularity of bearing: Alternate Tree habit: Large County: Malindi, Makueni (Kawala), Masimbani, Mbeere Harvesting season: December -January/February Pest attack: Mealbug, mango weavil Disease: Anthracnose, powdery mildew Susceptibility: Medium Advantages:Excellent fruit quality Disadvantages: Range of altitude adaptation is limited, alternate bearing Irrigation: Yes Fertilizer: DAP, NPK,Manure Pesticides: Actara, bulldock Fungicides: Research ongoing The fruits are medium to large, nearly round in shape and have a rich yellow/orange to red colour when ripe. Average length measures 9.7 cm by 11 cm in width, and the weight is 280-580 g (mean: 397 g). Normally, if not diseased,the skin is smooth and thin, and the juicy yellow flesh is of excellent flavour and of melting texture virtually free from fibre. This is not a polyembryonic cultivar and trees propagated by seed are very heterogeneous in fruit shape,colour and quality (Griesbach, 2003). The beak is blunt and rounded at times. It is susceptible to anthracnose, powdery mildew, gall fly and fruit fly. The colour is sometimes masked by rust unless it is sprayed at the initial stages.Variety Apple mango is highly marketable both locally and externally.
Supplier: Fruits like apple, mango