Bailey's Marvel
IMPORTANT READ BEFORE Make your Grafting Request Order
Spring Grafted Trees should be ready the following Fall. Deadline is May 01
Late Summer & Fall Grafted Trees should be ready the following Spring. Deadline is October 01
A Pre-Order Grafting Request is an order for us to produce the specific tree that we don't currently have available in stock. We must graft the tree and then it must go through a multi-month process to heal and grow. Only Once the small tree has completed two flushes of growth since it was grafted do we consider it ready to leave our nursery.
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Bailey's Marvel is a Haden-seedling from Bokeelia, FL named after the Bailey brothers who once grew mangos on Pine Island. The original tree still stands there to this day!
Pedigree analysis has indicated that its pollinating parent may have been 'Bombay', to which it does have a similar fruit shape and foliage. Bailey's Marvel trees are very vigorous growers with spreading and dense canopies. They tend to produce well near the coast, but encounter fungus problems deeper into the interior. It does appear to be very resistant to mango bacterial black spot disease, however.
The fruit are medium-to-large sized, typically over a pound, with a round shape and barely perceivable beak. They have beautiful orange-red color when sun exposed.
The eating quality is superb, and though its classic-group flavor is often compared to Haden, the flesh is completely fiber-free and definitely sweeter than its parent, with slightly more complexity as well. The seed is monoembryonic.
Bailey's Marvel is an early-to-mid season mango for us with an extended window, usually ripening between May and July. Its greatest drawback is its short shelf-life, limiting its commercial potential, but that hasn't stopped it from becoming one of the more popular varieties we grow.
Flavor: Classic
Country: Florida-USA