Champagne Mango

The Ataulfo Mangos are here. Those crook-shaped, yellow mangos in the Horn of Plenty crates are sometimes also referred to as
Champagne or Manilla mangos. They are very sweet and my personal opinion is that they are the best tasting of the mango varieties we put in the crates. I learned recently that mango trees (mangifera indica) are a distant relative of the pistachio and cashew trees. Mango skin contains an irritant compound similar to that in the cashew (don't eat the skin). Read more from the
FruitGuys Newsletter 3/7/06