Kesar Mango - 6 Mangos

"Kesar" Mango is the queen of mangoes widely grown in the Gujarat state of India.Kesar mango has a unique sweet taste. Kesar mango is characterised by its golden color with green overtones. Kesar mango is slightly smaller compared to the Alphonso variety. Exotic fruit club's offers very best of Kesar mango naturally ripened fruit products as "Queen Kesar"

In the 1930s, ruler of Junagadh state Mahabat Khan's agri-horticulture advisor Krishnaswamy Iyengar experimented and grafted a local mango variety with several Alphonso grafts, sowing it in the red laterite soil in the foothills of Mount Girnar. The kesar mango that emerged had a golden saffron glow and a rich smooth pulp.

"Alphonso" is among the finest of Indian dessert mangoes. Alphonso Mango is the reigning king among Indian fruits. Nearly 70% of the mangoes produced in the world comes from India and none tastes like the Alphonso.The fruit averages about 280 g ( 10 oz) and is bright yellow with a pink blush on the sun exposed shoulder.The ripening fruit perfumes the air with a wonderful sweet and fruity aroma. The flavour is intensely sweet,rich and full, with multiple aromatic overtones and a hint of citrus. Exotic fruit club offers very best of Alphonso naturally ripened fruit products as "King Alphonso" In one of the famous journeys undertaken, the Brazilian graft found it’s way during Alphonso D’Albuquerque’s voyage when he brought his famous namesake fruit to India. So, the Alphonso mango found home along the verdant shores of the Konkan in Maharshtra India. Grafted with the local version, the resultant flower bloomed into a luscious fruit.