The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-16

to this particular climate.
The Mulgoba, the No. II, the Soon
dershaw and others have but little
fiber, and are luscious and a most
desirable fruit. Those who succeeded
in bringing their trees into bearing
gave seed to others, and the result is
that there are now thousands of these
trees, grown from the seed of the No.
II, which bears but slight resemblance
to the original.
The mango during the past two
years has become a general favorite
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 hav-
ing the native trees budded or graft
ed, thus introducing superior fruits,
and these they are sending to the
growers in this tropical section.
At the tropical experimental station
at Miami, under the direction of Pro-
fessors Bessey and Webber, there is
being much pains taken to secure the
best and finest specimens of the man
go that are produced in this tropical
portion of the State, budding, graft
ing, or marching them into Seeding
trees. These trees, when old enough
to be tranSplanted are distributed free
among the fruit growers, without mon.
ey and without price, thus enabling
the farmer to secure these improved
trees without paying fancy prices for
them. Today, more or less of those
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 nursery
men who have taken up the propa-
CATION of these known varieties' and
are placing them on the market; but
at the present time, the budded trees
are little expensive.
John B. Beach, nurserynan at
West Palm Beach, has been for the
past several years engaged in securing
the known varieties" and in the
selection Of the better class of fruit
from the native trees, propagating
the most desirable of the latter BY
budding Or grating, and marching.
he also propagates large quantities
OF Avocado pear trees, another of the
coming choice fruits.
Mr. George B. Cel1on, of Buena
Vista, is another nurseryman engaged
in the development of the mango.
He now has the only purely tropical
fruit nursery in the United States. if
not in the world
Rev. E1bridge Gale, of Mangonia. is
a planter who has done much in the
introduction of the known varieties"
AS stated before, Mr. Gale has the
original Mulgoba mango tree which
was furnished by the Department of
Agriculture many years ago.
thus the good work Of introducing
the finer varieties is steadily going on
and within a few years, few if any
seedlings will be planted
Among the most promising man
goes introduced is the Soondershaw
from India At the United States ex-
pertinent station at Miami, they have
two trees Of this variety in fruiting.
There is an entire absence of fiber.
the flavor is delicious. the trees are
prolific bearers, the fruit is much larg-
er than the Mulgoba and it is claim
ed bv those who have tested it. is
SUPERIOR to the Mu1goba.
The introduction of these fine varie-
ties is vet in its infancy. and each
wear new and choice varieties are ad-
ded to the list.
If &c not 1,i,ocr -,