Hi Guys
I had a nice June trip back to Taiwan for my 30 years college classmate reunion.
From a walking distance to fruit stand in neighborhood market,
Following is 8 different mangoes I bought. The biggest one on the right I have is actually half the size of biggest record, according to the vendor.
I was so excited and like to share with you my mango hunting joy.
Cheers
tj yang
Thank you for sharing mango is one of my favorite fruits. Was the taste similar on all of them?
the best manga I had so far is the green mango. It is green when ripe and is so sweet and juicy. None of the
Mexican mango can compete with its flavor.
Their tastes are bred to be different, sorry hard for me to describe in English. Especially the green one has fragrance of longan 
Indeed, I had been eating Mexico Mango for past 20 years. They are not as delicious due to harvest too early for export, I think.
BTW @IL847, nice to to see you reply to my post. I meant to contact you soon or later since I live close by woodfield mall also. I am just starting out to popular my backyard with fruit tree this year ;). An close-by experienced mentor would be great for me.
@castanea, hmm, I was not aware chiayi@Taiwan can produce chestnuts , thanks for this info.
Taiwan island is very special in terms of temperature zone range it covered.
Recently guys had figured out how to grown Durian in southern and east part of island. There are two Durian farms producing fresh durian alreay.
Hi, Welcome. I am in north of you, on other side of interest 90
Apparently they grow chestnuts in some of the mountainous areas between Taichung City and Tainan City. The best nuts are supposed to be grown around Chiayi City. The nuts from Chiayi are supposed to be the best and are apparently hybrids between Chinese and Japanese chestnuts. They are sold in these fancy presentation boxes in the right corner of this photo -
Thanks for bringing up chestnut topic,I will look into planting one/two myself in my backyard here in 5B zone 
You need two for pollination
What do you think of the durian fruit? My wife is from thailand and I tried some on our last trip over there. I wasn’t a fan of the taste or smell, but she loves it. It may be an acquired taste, i’ll have to give it another go next time i can muster up the courage.
What do you think of the durian fruit?
I like Durian,so much that I am thinking of going Durian Bonsai approach to raise Durian tree in zone 5 living room. It only take 20 years for Durian tree to bear fruit if not grafted.
If you don’t like durian smell at first shot then no need to force yourself into it. Consuming Durian in N.A., either fresh/fozen form, is quite expensive.
Third down from the left in your 2nd picture looks like the “normal” mango in the Philippines, which is one of my absolute favorite fruits. I haven’t tried that many cultivars though. Enjoy!
Third down from the left in your 2nd picture looks like the “normal” mango in the Philippines,
That one is called Jing-Hwan which was bred and named after breeder’s first name but he failed to apply for trademark. So it is wildly planted by mango farmers. This is the story of Jing-Hwan mango. Sorry No English description. May be he used mango from philippines you mentioned as stock to come up with this one.
