# Freestone mangoes. Anybody working on this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 21, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestone-mangoes-anybody-working-on-this/732075 "2015-09-21T05:29:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestone-mangoes-anybody-working-on-this/732075/1 "2015-09-21T05:29:24Z")
I love peaches. Especially freestone peaches, because I get ALL of that sweet, sweet flesh, and I never have to fret about how much I’m wasting when I throw away the stone. Cling peaches are good too, but I’m only willing to eat those out of a can. I also enjoy the taste of mango, but I won’t buy a fresh one because it triggers my wasted deliciousness anxiety. With a peach, if I accidentally get cling, I at least know that eventually, if I keep working at it, I can get it all; but this seems impossible with a mango, unless maybe I engage the services of a colony of ants, or some other critters, a choice that doesn’t actually garner for me the results that would make the project attractive to me in the first place. Since my intuition tells me that the freestone peach did not arise naturally, but was the result of a successful program of hybridization, it seems to me that achieving a similar outcome with mangoes should be possible. Are there any tropical fruit geniuses currently working on this, and what would be the best way for me to monitor progress of the endeavor? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestone-mangoes-anybody-working-on-this/732075/2 "2015-09-21T13:40:30Z")
[Someone is working on it.](http://www.google.com/patents/USPP19152) ---
**Author:** ![Bakerdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@Bakerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakerdude)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestone-mangoes-anybody-working-on-this/732075/3 "2023-03-23T23:49:32Z")
Freestone mangoes I’m aware of are the White Piri from Kauai, Hawaii and the Cogshal, couple nurseries in Florida have them. Not eaten the Cogshal, but friends on Kauai and I would sit under dwarf coconut palm and devour bucket of just picked Piries. Sit, grab,slice, and spoon. Oh so good!! The only peaches i could compare to them would be Suncrest, bend over when eating peaches. With changes in climates, theyre no longer grown in California. Oregon still has. Keep eatin ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestone-mangoes-anybody-working-on-this/732075/4 "2023-03-24T19:31:04Z")
> **Freestone mangoes** Band name! and To the OP - I agree with your concerns. To other posters - thanks for the updates To @Bakerdude - Welcome. j ---
**Author:** ![Bakerdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@Bakerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakerdude)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestone-mangoes-anybody-working-on-this/732075/5 "2023-03-24T21:28:58Z")
Band name?? ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestone-mangoes-anybody-working-on-this/732075/6 "2023-03-24T21:32:11Z")
If you spend time here you’ll see that from time to time - when someone spots a phrase that would make a great band name. The Freestone Mangoes. They sound kinda indie to me. j ---
**Author:** ![Bakerdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@Bakerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakerdude)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freestone-mangoes-anybody-working-on-this/732075/7 "2023-03-25T16:04:24Z")
It must be me. I took it literally.