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certainty that much can be done to increase the likelihood of 

 good crops by attending to cultural details and by planting 

 varieties known to be productive. The extensive tests which 

 have been made in Florida have brought to light a number 

 of choice sorts which combine excellent quality of fruit with a 

 degree of productiveness far above the average. Amini, for 

 example, has borne much more regularly than Mulgoba. In 

 Porto Rico also it has done remarkably well. Sandersha has 

 produced a fair crop nearly every year. Cambodiana has also 

 given a good account of itself. Pairi has fruited much more 

 regularly than Mulgoba and is almost as good in quality. 

 When reasonably productive kinds are planted, and their 

 cultural requirements are thoroughly understood, such records 

 as that of Saharanpur should no longer be encountered. 



The varieties now grown in Florida supply the market with 

 ripe fruit from July to October. The main season is August 

 and September. Cambodiana is one of the earliest varieties. 

 Sandersha is probably the latest. A few of its fruits ripen as 

 late as the first half of October. In India a kind known as 

 Baramassia (more likely a number of different mangos known 

 under the same name) is said to mature fruits throughout most 

 of the year, doing this by producing two or three light crops. 

 It is probable, however, that many statements regarding this 

 variety are exaggerated, for it seems to be known much better 

 by reputation than by the personal experience of those who 

 describe it. A variety in northern India, Bhaduria, ripens 

 later than most others. In this part of India the mango season 

 extends from May to October. 



The Indian method of picking and ripening the mango, and 

 the type of carrier employed in shipping the fruit, are described 

 by G. Marshall Woodrow. He says : 



" The mango is gathered as soon as the fruit comes away freely in 

 the hand. . . . When gathered too early the sap exudes freely, does 

 not agglutinate, and the fruit shrivels. The collection of the fruit 



