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Wayne starts with ... I was visiting my home town of Bowen on the weekend and drove past one of the R2E2 orchids up there. I was totally gobsmacked to see thousands of freshly picked mangoes laying on the ground with, what appeared to be, nothing wrong with them. As it turned out, I knew the people so the first question was why? There is nothing wrong with the fruit except for skin blemish caused by rubbing against something in windy conditions, what a waste. I thought I would share some photos and hope you can make out all the mangoes on the ground. Note how they grafted the R2E2 on to the Kensington Pride trunks. I also found out that the name R2E2 came from the row number that this variety was first established by the DPI in Bowen.
| About the Author Wayne Mackay 9th December 2008 7:12am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 9th December 2008 9:52am #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Correy Brisbane 11th December 2008 9:20am #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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glenn norton says... I am a exporter and have rencently been supplying a wholesale market in china that love r2e2 My problem is that I can not get enough quality mangoes Can anyone email me back a farmer who can help me or who can work with me i HAVE hugh orders that i can not fill and we will pay every week for quality My phone number is 0418780421 | About the Author glenn norton brisbane 20th December 2008 11:02am #UserID: 1774 Posts: 1 View All glenn norton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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London John says... I'd love to be able to buy Aussie mangoes in London, particularly Bowen or, better still, R2E2. You'd get a premium price here too, as Pakistani Alphone sell for around $6 each, more in the up market shops (>$12 in Harrods). If they can ship them to London from Pakistan, then why not from the NT? | About the Author London John London 14th June 2011 2:19am #UserID: 5425 Posts: 1 View All London John's Edible Fruit Trees |
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