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Thursday, April 3, 2008

YIELD

The yield varies with the cultivar and the age of the tree. At 10 to 20 years, a good annual crop may be 200 to 300 fruits per tree. At twice that age and over, the crop will be doubled. In Java,, old trees have been known to bear 1,000 to 1,500 fruits in a season. Some cultivars in India bear 800 to 3,000 fruits in "on" years and, with good cultural attention, yields of 5,000 fruits have been reported. There is a famous mango, 'Pane Ka Aam' of Maharashtra and Khamgaon, India, with "paper-thin" skin and fiberless flesh. One of the oldest of these trees, well over 100 years of age, bears heavily 5 years out of 10 with 2 years of low yield. Average annual yield is 6,500 fruits; the highest record is 29,000.
Reported annual yields for 6 cultivars in Puerto Rico are:
'Lippens' - 67,079 lbs per acre
'Keitt' - 45,608 lbs per acre
'Earlygold' - 42,310 lbs per acre
'Parvin' - 38,369 lbs per acre
'Haden' - 32,732 lbs per acre
'Palmer' - 28,868 lbs per acre
The number of lbs per acre is roughly the equivalent of kg per hectare.
Average mango yield in Florida is said to be about 30,000 lbs/acre. One leading commercial grower has reported his annual crop as 22,000 to 27,500 lbs/acre. One grower who has hedged and topped trees close-planted at the rate of 100 per acre (41/ha) averages 14,000 to 19.000 lbs/acre.

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