date:Dec 10, 2013
reach 10 per cent by 2016 when our immature trees reach full production and if other mango producers drop their share as we are expecting.
Honey Gold mangoes were bred by chance in the Rockhampton region in 1991 and are the natural result of a Kensington Pride off-type which was pollinated by another unknown variety.
Piata Farms bought the plant breeders' rights to the variety in 2002, including the original farm with some 8,000 trees. After the 2011 flood in which 4,000 trees were destroyed,