THE MANGO 143 



fiber, juicy, with pronounced aroma and rich piquant flavor ; quality 

 excellent; seed oblong-elliptic, thick, with short stiff fibers over the 

 surface. Season July and August in Florida. 



Introduced into the United States in 1901 from Bangalore, India, 

 by the United States Department of Agriculture (S. P. I. 7105). 

 Syns. Rajpury, Rajapuri, Rajabury, and Rajapurri. A fruit of fine 

 quality, with aroma and flavor distinct from that of other mangos. 

 Its fruiting habits have proved fairly good. Rajpur, name of a town 

 in India (perhaps Rajapurf). 



Sandersha group. 



The tree is erect, stiff, with the crown less broad than in 

 the Mulgoba group and usually not so umbrageous. The 

 foliage is fairly abundant, deep green in color, the leaves com- 

 paratively small but broad, with primary transverse veins 18 

 to 24 pairs, moderately conspicuous. The panicle is small to 

 large, broad toward the base, 8 to 18 inches long, stiff, the axis 

 and laterals deep magenta-pink to bright maroon, the pubes- 

 cence very minute and inconspicuous. The flowers are 

 abundant but not closely crowded on the panicle. The stami- 

 nodes are weakly developed, rarely capitate or fertile. Varieties 

 of this group often flower in unfavorable weather, and they 

 remain in bloom during a long period. On the whole, the group 

 is characterized by a higher degree of productiveness than any 

 other class of Indian mangos yet grown in the United States. 

 The fruit is long, usually tapering to both base and apex and 

 terminating in a prominent beak at the apex, large in size, deep 

 yellow in color, the flesh orange-yellow, and free from fiber. 

 The somewhat acid flavor makes the mangos of this group more 

 valuable as culinary than as dessert fruits. The seed is long, 

 containing normally one embryo, the cotyledons often not filling 

 the endocarp completely. 



Sandersha (Fig. 20). Form oblong, tapering toward stem and 

 prominently beaked at the apex ; size large to extremely large, weight 

 18 to 32 ounces, length 61 to 8 inches, breadth 3f to 4i inches ; base 

 slender, extended; apex broadly pointed, with the nak forming 

 a prominent beak to the ventral side; surface smooth, yellow to 



