MANGIFERA 



the MiUKo IS cult everj where in the tropics The fiuit 

 (ti,? 1 10) IS laige (4-5 in long) and kidney shaped, 

 the skin being smooth, lather sott pile green, jellow or 

 half led iiid resinou*^ Inside is a laige seed neiilv as 

 long as the fruit The shell of the seed is rough and 

 fibious , the kernel is sh iped like a bein and is some 

 times loasted and enten like chestnuts In a poor 

 \aiRtv of Mango the pulp is so full of tiber that the 

 fiuit IS sunl pd ntlipi th in eiten ami btginueis &i\ it 



in 1 I 1 iiti uliih tiue cf the common or 



tui] I It Hit inipiored kinds iie not un 



pi I I hi le lie Slid to be 1 or nioie 



teeiiie 1 Mil I ' ' II \e aswcet, lesin 



ous ti i„'i 111 no 



In the ti 1 I I article of food 



MAN jllFERA 



Mil 



. qu 1 



next to the fines 



I be Mango is e\t in ii \\ 



Indies and slightly lu ^ 1 i i ^ i V Ut 1 



ot itshistorj in HoiuHi, f un 1 in Lull Im 1 Dn o 

 Pomolog> U is Dept of A„'iic , f ii m nhith the tol 

 lowing ficts lie taken No fiuit stiiod higher m th^ 

 lopulai esteem in i aits rf south Hon 1 i thin the Man.'i 



Jimii , t th I lilt IV,, „ I I , ,,_!,, ^Mio In 



thtii eighth \t ir ti ni seel t«o Hindi tl.es bote 

 lUlliOti lilts s„meot these truits weighed a loiind hi 

 ill cises wheie the tiees were well caied foi the\ pio 

 dui ed fiom 4 OHO to 9 000 Mangoes each when once well 

 HI beaiiiirf Mangoes weie shipped to Chu igo and 

 biougbt bOcentsadozen The fiuit ripens lune-Sejit 

 TheonlyvarietiesaiUeitised in America in ISW weiethe 

 Common or Tuiientiiie Cole Black Long No 11 Apri 

 cot and Apple The follow ing have been adveitised in 

 the past: Alphonse, Banchore, DeTanibria, Green Mexi- 

 can. Melachoton, Pirie, Yam. The Mango can be fruited 

 under glass in the North. It requires a winter 

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een g ows 30-40 ft h gli 

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1361 Mangifera Indi( 



In Jamaica it has become thoroughly naturalized and 

 one of the commonest trees. In wet districts it is liable 

 to cease fruiting after a few years, probably on account 

 of its vigorous growth It i= r '<m'mi n If'd to treat it 

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