Collection Status: Cultivar is present at AFFN
Planted on Jul 14, 1905
Common Name: Pawpaw
Parental Cross:
Geographic Origin: wild, Tifton, Georgia
Finder/Creator: Major C. Collins
Known Sources: Hidden Springs Nursery
Alternative Names:
Notes: Discovered 1970. Apical dominance, fast grower, 2nd to Chapelle, precocious blooming. Mango was a wild tree growing in Tifton, Georgia, and selected by Major C. Collins in 1970. KSU reports vigorous growth. Derek Morris says, „Fast growing and large tree, very productive with medium to mostly large fruits. Seed to flesh ratio is good. I note leaves slightly smaller than most others.“ Jerry Dedon says, „It was real good…but that rascal will deteriorate fast. And I mean it will get just like a water balloon.“ Reports from North Carolina indicated the same. However, these qualitites may give Mango an advantage in processing: „Because of the rather large size, fewer seeds than many, and ist softer flesh, it may be easier/quicker to pulp out,“ Morris reports. And some do reports that it tastes like mango and is one oft the sweetest pawpaws. Early-mid ripening.; Phyllosticta resistance: , Fruit Shape: round, Freestone: no, Seediness: medium 6.3%, Self-fruitful: no, Prizes: