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Listen, there are a lot of great new school mango varieties.
However, there’s no denying that there are also still a lot of excellent old school mango varieties that are underplanted because they don’t have the sexiest name or don’t look the flashiest.
Enter Beverly. A great old school classic mango that is super productive and super late season. I don’t know about you, but getting a huge harvest of delicious classically flavored mangos in September sounds like heaven on earth!
With that being said, this grow guide will cover everything that you need to know about Beverly Mango:
Table of Contents
- Beverly Mango Tree Growth Habit & Fruit Production
- Beverly Mango Flavor Profile
- Beverly Mango Season (And When To Pick)
- Beverly Mango Disease Resistance
- Beverly Mango History
- Beverly Mango Tree For Sale (Where To Find)
- Conclusion
Beverly Mango Tree Growth Habit & Fruit Production
The Beverly Mango is considered a medium-sized mango tree.
Beverly Mangos have a moderately vigorous & spreading growth habit that produces a sprawling and open canopy. As a result, Beverly can realistically be kept between 10 – 15 feet tall with annual pruning. With that being said, Beverly would not do well long-term in containers and would not be considered a “condo” mango.
Beverly’s fruit production consistently ranges from good to heavy. So if you are looking for a semi-dwarf mango cultivar that is a strong and steady producer, Beverly definitely checks those boxes.
The mangos themselves are medium to large-sized fruits that typically weigh between 1 – 2 lbs.
Beverly Mango Flavor Profile
Beverly Mangos are considered a Classic Flavored Mango.
Despite the lackluster greenish appearance, similar to Keitt, Beverly is still a pleasure to enjoy 😋
When it’s perfectly ripe and mature, cutting into the fruit reveals a juicy, creamy and soft light yellow flesh. However, when slightly underripe, the fruit’s texture has a subtle hint of crispness to it. While some may argue that waiting for Beverly to turn fully yellow is essential for the best taste, it really depends on your personal preferences.
The flavor of a Beverly Mango is pleasant and rich, reflecting a classic and old-school mango taste. It falls into the medium sweetness category and offers a moderate level of complexity, which will vary in its intensity with the fruit’s ripeness. When slightly underripe, there’s a touch of both apricot and melon flavors.
On the other hand, when the fruit is on the riper side, I will often notice the faintest tangerine or mandarin citrus notes, although they are not as dominant as in some other classic mango varieties such as Dot, Fruit Punch or Zill-80. There’s also a subtle tartness and a hint of resinous flavor that also adds to the flavor’s overall depth.
While Beverly may be considered ‘old school’ by some and might not elicit the same ‘wow’ factor as other mango varieties, I’d still prefer a good Beverly over a good Honey Kiss.
Overall, Beverly offers a very pleasant Florida-style mango eating experience 😃
Finally, it’s worth noting that Beverly Mangos produce monoembryonic seeds, which means that planting a seed from a Beverly Mango won’t yield another Beverly Mango Tree.
Beverly Mango Season (And When To Pick)
Beverly Mangos are considered a very late season mango (July – Sept). Beverly definitely joins the ranks of other very late season and productive cultivars such as Honey Kiss and Neelum.
So if you are not totally mango’d out by September and want to continue having bountiful harvests late in the season, Beverly would make an excellent choice. Truth be told, I actually prefer Beverly over Neelum due to its consistent quality and quantity of fruit, as Neelum appears to be less reliable in this regard.
With that being said, the best time to pick Beverly Mangos are when they are mature and beginning to ripen on the tree. From a color perspective, this is when the fruit is beginning to show signs of yellow color break. Beverly is perfectly ripe when the top half of the fruit transitions to a greenish-yellow to yellow color.
While our natural instinct may be to wait for the bottom to turn yellow as well, the bottom of the fruit will remain green even when the fruit is at its peak ripeness. Additionally, Beverly fruit may develop the faintest pink blush when grown along the coast. However, it’s important to remember that a mango’s blush has nothing to do with the fruit’s ripeness. A rule of thumb to remember is that More Sun = More Blush, Less Sun = Less Blush.
It can be challenging to determine the ideal time to pick Beverly, as waiting until they reach the desired size and shape can sometimes result in spoilage near the top. Furthermore, allowing the fruit to ripen on the tree may also result in the seed sprouting. Additionally, issues with uneven ripening can pose problems in achieving the perfect harvest.
With all this in mind, I have personally found that color is not the most reliable factor in determining when to pick Beverly. That is because exposure to the sun can turn the fruit yellow despite the fruit itself not being ripe. Instead, I often focus on looking for brown stems and sap beads on the fruit.
Beverly Mango Disease Resistance
Beverly Mango is susceptible to both Anthracnose and fruit rot. As a result, Beverly would not be a good cultivar to grow in more humid areas and should instead be planted in drier areas, such as along the coast.
Beverly Mango History
While Beverly Mango has been around since the 1930s, there is not a lot of information regarding its origins.
Despite a 2005 USDA pedigree analysis determining that Cushman is a parent, it is highly unlikely given the fact that the Zills were not even actively growing Cushman at the time. Instead, the Zills have expressed that Beverly was likely a seedling of Haden.
Despite Beverly’s murky origin story, it was chosen as a curator’s choice mango at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for their 2008 and 2009 mango festivals.
Finally, below is an excerpt on the history of Beverly Mango from Walter Zill’s autobiography:
One of the incidental bits of knowledge that came from Dad’s sister, whom we affectionately called Aunt Bootsie, was that her mother’s (Carrie) favorite variety was Beverly. I know not in whose place it originally grew, or in what area of the world, or when it first fruited.
Walter Zill, Maturing With Mangoes
It bears very adequately on a slower than normal growing tree with round fruit that range in weight from about 12 ounces to 24 ounces having a pink blush, if hanging in sunlight, that fades as it matures very late in the summer. If I could find adequate words to describe my perception of eating qualities you could better understand why I allow space for it since it is too easy to pick before being on the tree long enough to fully mature.
In the right stage it delivers to my flavor sensors a sweet and mild sensation including other flavors along with a type of crispness I have never sensed in any other mango, Of other fruit for that matter. If not picked when that stage of development arrives the reasonably sized seed will begin growing, extending roots into the pulp, then they will pierce the skin. By that time the fruit is past its peak for internal goodness, but remains better eating than many, especially when no competing mango fruit are available in October.
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Conclusion
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