The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-22
Federal Interest.


Several years ago, the Department
of Agriculture at Washington be-
came greatly interested in the mango,
believing that in the years to come,
1t would be among the most popular
fruit grown in the United States, and
after events has shown the wisdom
OF the department. In the early days,
the department furnished the few
planters with several varieties, among
them being the No. IL and the Null
gOba- A few of the planters succeed
ed in bringing these trees to maturity
and they were found suited to this
particular climate. The originate
IL has but little fiber, is luscious and
is a most desirable fruit Those who
succeeded in bringing their trees into
bearing gave the seed to others, and
the result is that there are now thous-
andS of these trees, grown from the
seed of the No IL, which bear but
slight resemblance to the original.
This is true so far as flavor, fiber and
texture is concerned. The same is
also true of the much talked of Null
goba, the fruit from the seed IN many
instances showing no relationship to
it's parent.
The mango during the past few
years has become a general favorite
and the demand for the fruit has been
yearly increasing in the Northern
cities.
The Agricultural Department at
Washington has taken an increasing
interest in the fruit; it's natural home
has been invaded by scientific agents
of the department, who have been and
are selecting scions and buds from
the more desirable wild trees and are
having the native trees budded or
grated, thus introducing superior
fruits, and these they are sending to
the growers in this tropical. section.
Experimentation.
At the Tropical Experimental Sta
ton at Miami, under the direction of
Professors Bessey and Weber, there
is being much pains taken to secure
the best and finest specimens of the
mango that are produced in this trop-
ical portion of the state, budding.
grating or marching them into seed
ling trees. These trees, when old
enough to be transplanted, are dis
tributed free among the fruit growers.
without money and without price, thus
enabling the farmer to secure these
improved trees without paying fancy
prices for them. Today more or less
of these known varieties are to be
found on every farm and the number
is being increased very rapidly. Not
only is the government engaged in
this good work, but there are several
nurserymen who have taken up the
propagation of these known varie-
ties" and are placing them On the
market, but at the present time. the
budded trees are a little expensive.
George B. Cellon, of Miami. has
for the past several years been en-
gagged in securing the known varie-
ties" and in the selection of the better
class of fruit from the native trees.
the most desirable of the
latter by budding or grating. He
now has the only purely tropical fruit
nursery in the United States, if not
IN the world. Recently he has issued
a most attractive catalogue of tropi-
cal fruit trees which he has for sale.
lie has especially turned his atten-
ton to mangoes and avocadoes.
Individual Results.
John b. Beach. nurseryman at
West Palm Beach. has been following
these lines closely and now has bud
ded or grated mango trees for sale.
Rev. Elbridge Gale, of fMangonia.
is another planter who has done much
in the introduction of the known
varieties" If We remember correctly.
MIR. Gale has the original Mulgoba