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GOLDEN QUEEN |
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Taiwan's
best mango, with its fruit weighing 1.2 to 1.4 kilo per
fruit. This cultivar bears fruit voluntarily. In the farm of
Mr. Eulogio Mallari, it bears fruit continuously during dry
season with three sets of fruits - flower, egg size and
1-kilo fruit.
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Philippine Panorama, Sunday, April 28, 2002
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Fruits You Probably
Have Not Heard and Tasted |
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Agri-Talk by Zac B. Sarian |
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This is a variety we acquired from Taiwan three
years ago. We gave some propagation material to
our friend Eulogio Mallari who used them to
topwork an old tree. In just two years, the
topworked tree is already very fruitful. We have
several trees in our little farm which are now
growing very well. Our fruit expert friend,
Bernie Dizon, has already produced a lot of
grafted planting materials that are ready for
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will love to eat the Golden Queen mango
whether green or ripe. As green mango,
it is sweet and crisp, especially when
newly picked. It is also very sweet and
juicy with scant fiber when ripe. And
the fruit is big and attractive. One
fruit recently harvested from the tree
of Eulogio Mallari was 1.45 kilos. It
looks very attractive when ripe because |
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reddish orange near the peduncle and golden
yellow at the lower end of the fruit.
Certainly it is a high-value fruit. In Kuala
Lumpur, we paid the equivalent of P200 for a
fruit of the Gold Queen we bought in the
supermarkets. In Thailand, the price of the same
was equivalent to P250.
In the Philippines, if this variety could be grown
commercially, it can be best seller, too. It can
become a special item, especially for
gift-givers.
Planting materials of the Golden Queen are now
available. But buyers should make sure that the
planting materials are the real Golden Queen.
There are unscrupulous sellers we know who often
pass off the wrong variety as the superior one.
Some people may pass off the inferior King mango
as Golden Queen. So, beware. |
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