THE MANGO 137 



There is one race in Brazil which is of exceptional value. This 

 is the manga da rosa (rose mango), grown commercially in the 

 vicinity of Pernambuco and to a less extent at Bahia and Rio 

 de Janeiro. While frequently propagated by grafting, it is 

 polyembryonic and should come true to race when grown from 

 seed. It is heart-shaped, slightly beaked; and of good size. Its 

 coloring is unusually beautiful. The fiber is coarse and rather 

 long, but not so troublesome as in many seedling races. The 

 flavor is rich and pleasant. This mango is believed to have 

 been brought to Brazil from Mauritius. The espada race of 

 Brazil is of little value : its fruit is slender, curved at both ends, 

 green in color, and of poor quality. 



The horticultural varieties of the mango are numerous. C. 

 Maries reported having collected nearly 500, of which 100 were 

 good. Many of these were, however, of limited distribution 

 and little importance. More recent Indian writers catalog 

 from 100 to 200 varieties. The author has published in the 

 Pomona College Journal of Economic Botany (December, 1911) 

 a descriptive list of about 300, which includes the best-known 

 from all parts of the world. Some of these, however, are prob- 

 ably seedling races, not horticultural varieties propagated by 

 grafting or budding. Many writers have made no distinction 

 between races, in which the seedlings reproduce the character- 

 istics of the parent, and varieties, which can be propagated only 

 by vegetative means. 



The confusion which involves mango nomenclature in India 

 is rather appalling. There can be no doubt that in numerous 

 cases the same name is applied to several distinct varieties, and 

 it is equally certain that one variety in some instances has 

 several different names. In addition, some of the kinds cata- 

 logued by Indian nurserymen probably never existed outside 

 of their own imaginations. There are only a few varieties which 

 are well known and highly esteemed in India. Most of these 

 have been introduced into the mango-growing regions of the 



