Mango 'Moses' at LCG, January 2025 (photo credit: Jacqui Lachmann)
Mango 'Moses'
Mangifera indica
Anacardiaceae family
Grafted
This tree produces a classic mild flavoured Mango with a very small seed. It is a large firm-fleshed fruit that can exceed 1 kg.
Harvest from approximately January to March. Pick when it just begins to form a blush of colour, and let it continue to ripen off the tree. Other indicators that fruit is ready to pick is a brown dry stem and little brown pores on the skin.
'Moses' is proving to be a consistent cropper, and has fruited every year for the past three years (as of 2025). It also appears to be disease-resistant. The tree grows with low to moderate vigour, making it relatively easy to control the tree's size.
Tree Provenance
Mick Burgess is a NSW North Coast local with a property that happens to have several Mango trees of unknown varieties. Our tropical fruit enthusiast, Grant Jenkins, asked Mick which tree produced the best Mangos, and he nominated a tree with large fruit favoured by his horse, named Moses. Moses prefers to eat the Mangos from this tree over any other on the property. It does not appear to be a named variety, as it does not have the characteristics of other large Mangos such as 'R2E2' or 'Bullocks Heart'. Therefore it has been named after the horse - 'Moses'. Grant obtained the scion wood (small branch/twig from a mature tree) from this tree and grafted it onto a seedling rootstock.
Tree Maintenance
Mangifera indica
Anacardiaceae family
Grafted
This tree produces a classic mild flavoured Mango with a very small seed. It is a large firm-fleshed fruit that can exceed 1 kg.
Harvest from approximately January to March. Pick when it just begins to form a blush of colour, and let it continue to ripen off the tree. Other indicators that fruit is ready to pick is a brown dry stem and little brown pores on the skin.
'Moses' is proving to be a consistent cropper, and has fruited every year for the past three years (as of 2025). It also appears to be disease-resistant. The tree grows with low to moderate vigour, making it relatively easy to control the tree's size.
Tree Provenance
Mick Burgess is a NSW North Coast local with a property that happens to have several Mango trees of unknown varieties. Our tropical fruit enthusiast, Grant Jenkins, asked Mick which tree produced the best Mangos, and he nominated a tree with large fruit favoured by his horse, named Moses. Moses prefers to eat the Mangos from this tree over any other on the property. It does not appear to be a named variety, as it does not have the characteristics of other large Mangos such as 'R2E2' or 'Bullocks Heart'. Therefore it has been named after the horse - 'Moses'. Grant obtained the scion wood (small branch/twig from a mature tree) from this tree and grafted it onto a seedling rootstock.
Tree Maintenance
- When mature prune immediately after harvest to contain the tree size and maintain production. Also remove dead, damaged or diseased branches and open the centre of the tree for air flow
- Apply Sulphate of Potash to encourage healthy stem and leaf growth, as well as promote flowering and fruiting. Do not apply any nitrogen rich fertilisers to mature mango trees. Apply late summer and late autumn.
- Mangoes will do well with a feed of seaweed solution especially during the warmer months.
- Keep soil well composted and mulched, leaving a gap around the trunk to avoid collar rot.
- When young, keep watered from spring to autumn; as a rule once mature the tree will not require much watering unless it is a particularly dry period, with the following notes: Adequate water is crucial during the early stage of fruit set. Once fruit reach 6-10cm in length this is less critical and minimal water is ideal as fruit approach maturity so they can sweeten up.
- To increase fruit set, spray with wettable sulphur when blooms develop to help keep powdery mildew in check. This should be done as per manufacturer's instructions up until fruit is set.
- Spray with Copper late autumn and after fruit set. Spray both sides of leaves but try to minimise copper dripping onto soil as too much will impact soil microbes. Copper helps reduce Mango Bacterial Black Spot (MBBS) and Anthracnose which mangoes are particularly susceptible to.
Mango 'Moses' at LCG January 2025 (photo credit: Jacqui Lachmann)
Mango 'Moses' at LCG July 2023 (photo credit: Graham Bond)
