Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-20
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ManuOes In Florida 3

.r,roughout most of the tropics, in
-, West Indies, Central America,
n-,,u Natal Malaysia, Queensland,
"a the Pacific Islands, by far the
srsoter number of mango trees are
,dIings. Now, there are three
.,nts about most Seeding mangoes
shich are usually unbearable to one
,,occustomed to the fruit, and which
.,omp such mangoes clearly as in
,erior produce, for which high price
IA, never be paid. These are: The
,rrnentine flavor, which seems
..nseous to most denizens of cool
countries: the abundant fiber, which
makes eating the fruit a disagreeable
nrocess. and the scent, which is by
no means pleasing to many people
n the temperate zone. From these
causes il happens that when ordinary
seeding mangoes are introduced in
small quantities to the markets of
North America or Europe, in most
cases the casual consumer, after eat
mo one, has no desire ever to taste
mother. Most persons who have
visited the tropics Except perhaps
rdial can recall their disgust at
their first mango, which was probably
,ne of the turpentine varieties OF
course taste for mangoes is readily
,couired after the consumption of
Few dozen of them; but the fact that
he fruit is disliked at first prevents
4 from being of much value in the
temperate markets.
On the other hand there are several
kinds Of grated Indian mangoes which
are distinguished by the absence Of
urpentine flavor. by a creamy fiber.
less pulp, which can be eaten with
spoon, and by most appetizing
aroma Such fruits gain instant &C.
ceptance in temperate markets and
are at once in great favor with the
lninitiated in mango eating. These
kinds mostly originated Gas superior
seedlngs) in India, the home of the
mango, and have been propagated by
grating for very many years. The
seed has become smaller, in compari.
son with the pulp, and sometimes con-
tainS only one embryo (Which may oc-
caSionaIly be missing, leaving only
The fiat she'll. In India there are
goes. as there are hundreds of named
sorts Of grated apples in the United
States To establish an orchard of
-codlng mangoes is nearly the same
as "a plant one OF Seeding appletrees,
though the seeding mango seems to
come rather more true than the apple
perhaps on account of the polyem.
lryony Of most Seeding mangoes)
The United States Department Of
agriculture has introduced the follow
as varieties OF grated mangocs,
NaInIy from India. (Some OF these,
however may be the same kind under
different names, for the spelling Of
thr names varies in different places
20 ludiaD:
A'phonse, Ameeri. Amin Arhu
hout Badami, Bath, Bennett. Bhadau-
10, bhurdas, Bombay CgreenD, BON
'E Yellow. Borsha, Brindalhani.
H.ollchasm Calcutta Amin, Cambo.
dana Chickna, Cowasjse Patel.
a.F Favorite. Faizan, Fart dong.
A'~ rnund). Faqlrmala, Fernandez
... Mar, Goa Alphonsc, Cola Gopal
..r llafa Alphonse, Hatijhul, Jam
'''' Kachmahua, Kakaria Kala
N'.nse. Khajya, Khapariah, Kista
kri.hnabhog, Lamba Hhadra.
'...n 'largel. Langra Hardoi lAth.
Na"bias, Madras, Nadia Marada.
1m.n MazagoE, MulEoba Nail Ia.
Amin, Nayale NowshirSant
.t Paheri. Pakria. Pania peter
.' Pyasee. Rajpuri Raspberry
"-n RoOs. Salawar. Salihuiida,
t.tr Chisht Sanduria. Sharhat
.a. e. Sharbau drown Sugapur
-.-.slrt Sufaida. Sunahara, Suudcr
~Urkha. Tamanchs. Totatart
.t 81 these cultivated sorts az
goes have been distributed or are
l grown in the grounds OF the
'ruqical Laboratory a. Miami
until the fruit Of each ripcns and