High-quality mango well suited to shipping. Origin: Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa, by F.A. van den Heever. Chance seedling, parentage unknown, believed to be Heidi × Sensation. USPP 30,757; 30 July 2019. Tree: vigor strong, height medium to large, 3 m at 4 years; growth habit erect to slightly spreading; bark smooth to medium, grey-brown (RHS 199B-199C); leaves lanceolate; blooms August-October, 2 years to first flowering; bearing heavy, regular. Fruit: length 121 mm, diameter 91 mm, 250-450 g; apex flattened; shoulders ventral rounded upward, dorsal rounded downward; stalk cavity absent; beak small-medium, rounded; skin smooth, tough, thick, 1.3-2.2 mm, with good resistance to sunburn, lenticels medium dense; immature skin green (RHS 135C), blush red-purple (RHS 60B) on fruit in direct sunlight; mature skin yellow-orange to orange (RHS 17C-N25D), blush orange-red (RHS N30A); flesh yellow-orange (RHS 20A); texture fine, smooth, not fibrous; aroma tropical; flavor sweet with acid balance, like pineapple, 14 °Brix and higher, no turpentine flavor; for fresh market; matures mid-late season, just before Keitt, 2nd-4th week March in Western Cape; susceptibility to bruising, wind, and disease low.
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