MANGO #284: COMPARISON of 3 Varieties

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Madame Francis from Haiti (center)
and 
Ataulfo from Mexico (right) 
were bought from an Oriental Store to compare with 
Valencia Pride (left) grown in the Ghosh Grove, Rockledge, Florida.
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The Ataulfo cultivar of mango was discovered at the end of the 1950s in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, when Hector Cano, a coffee technician looking for alternatives to diversify the agriculture in the region, found a group of mango trees bearing attractive, gold colored fruits in the backyard of  Senor Ataulfo Morales’s house in Tapachula. 

Commercial Ataulfo production began in the 1960s, spawning a development that now reaches 18,000 hectares planted in the Soconusco region of the state of Chiapas near the Guatemalan border. 

Chiapas is among the first areas to begin production precisely when the southern hemisphere competitors are winding down, but before other regions in Mexico begin to harvest, permitting fruit to enter the market while stocks are low. 

Ataulfo mangoes are sold in the US markets also as Manila, Champagne and few other names. 
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Taken on: August 8, 2009

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