138 MANUAL OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUITS 



Western Hemisphere by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant 

 Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture. 

 The varieties described in the following pages are the best 

 which have been tested in Florida up to the present. Most of 

 them are well-known Indian sorts. They are few in number, but 

 it is not possible to include in such a work as this a fully com- 

 plete list. The classification here made into groups based on 

 natural resemblances throws related varieties together and 

 should aid the prospective planter to gain an idea of the more 

 salient characteristics of each. Only the most important 

 varieties in each group are described. 



Mulgoba group. 



In this group the tree is usually erect, with a broad, dense 

 crown. The leaves are slender, smaller (especially in the 

 variety Mulgoba) than in some of the other groups, the primary 

 transverse veins 22 to 24 pairs, moderately conspicuous. The 

 panicle is usually slender, frequently drooping, 12 to 18 inches 

 in length, the axis and laterals varying from pale green tinged 

 pink to rose pink, the pubescence heavier than in most other 

 groups. The flowers are usually very abundant on the panicle. 

 The staminodes are strongly developed, often capitate, one or 

 two sometimes fertile. In general, varieties of this group re- 

 quire the stimulus of dry weather to make them flower pro- 

 fusely, and they show a decided tendency to drop most of their 

 fruits. Haden, however, holds its fruits well. The fruit is 

 usually oval. It varies in color from dull green to yellow 

 blushed red, and lacks a distinct beak. The flesh is deep 

 yellow to orange-yellow, variable in quality. The seed is 

 normally monoembryonic. 



Mulgoba (Fig. 15). Form oblong ovate to ovate, laterally com- 

 pressed; size medium to above medium, weight 91 to 14? ounces, 

 length 3| to 4i inches, breadth 3 to 3| inches, base flattened, with 

 the stem inserted obliquely in a very shallow cavity; apex rounded 



