"Sweet, rich Kensington Pride style flavour with a slight Florida tang."
-National Mango Breed Program
New mango hybrid NMBP-1201
NMBP-1201 is a hybrid cross between Irwin and Kensington Pride (KP). Yield is greater and more consistent than KP. The fruit has an average weight of 361 grams. It has a soft red to dark red blush over a yellow background and sweet, rich KP-style flavour with a slight tang. It is an early to mid-season variety maturing up to two weeks earlier than KP. It can tolerate hot water dipping and VHT. NMBP-1201 is licensed and protected under Australian Plant Breeder's Rights legislation. |  |
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Description
| Parentage | Irwin? x Kensington Pride? |
| Fruit weight | 245-530g, average 361g |
| Fruit shape | Ovate/round with a slight beak and slightly sunken stem attachment |
| Fruit colour | Yellow background with a soft red to dark red blush over 50% of the skin when grown in sun. Fruit inside the canopy do not blush. |
| Skin thickness | Thin to medium |
| Fruit flavour | Sweet rich KP style with a slight Florida tang |
| Fruit firmness | When ripe, it is firm and similar to R2E2 |
| Pulp | Colour is yellow/orange with a soft texture and very low fibre. Depth is 30mm. |
| Lenticels | Medium size and density, yellow in colour |
| Seed embryo | Polyembryonic |
| Tree canopy | Medium vigour, compact and dense |
| Cropping | 7 year-old trees on KP rootstock in their fourth year of cropping yielded 10-146kg per tree |
| Harvest season | Early to mid-season; between KP and R2E2 |
| Plant Breeder's Rights status | Granted by IP Australia on 26 June 2009 |
