The 'Brooks' mango (also known as 'Brooks Late') is a late-season commercial mango cultivar that originated in

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. It is a parent of several varieties from the state.

History

The original tree reportedly grew from a seed of the ' Totapuri' mango, which is also called 'Sandersha' (from Maharashtra, India) that was planted on the property of a Mr. Brooks in

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in 1910. The Sandersha parentage of Brooks was later supported by a 2005 pedigree analysis. The tree first fruited in 1916 and propagation began in 1924. After Haden, it was the second Florida cultivar to be named. Brooks went on to gain some commercial acceptance and is still grown on some commercial scale in Florida and in

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. It was also a parent of several Florida mangoes, including

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and probably Keitt. Brooks trees are planted in the collections of the

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's germplasm repository in

, the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida, and the Miami-Dade

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, also in Homestead.

Description

The fruit is oblong in shape and lacks a beak. The skin turns a green-yellow color when ripe. The flesh is yellow in color with medium fiber and has a mild, sweet flavor. It contains a

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seed. In Florida the fruit typically ripens from August to early October, making it a late-season cultivar there. The trees tend to be of low vigor and do not get much over 20 feet in height and have an open canopy.

References

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