THE MANGO 



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spicuous. The odor of the crushed leaves is distinctive. The 

 panicle is very large, loose, slender, 12 to 20 inches in length, 

 and laterals pale green to dull magenta-pink, very finely pubes- 

 cent. The staminodes are poorly developed, rarely capitate 

 or fertile. The varieties of this group usually bloom profusely ; 

 those from Indo-China are productive, while the Philippine 

 seedlings in Florida sometimes bear excellent crops and in other 

 seasons drop all their flowers. Three to five fruits, or even more, 

 may develop on one panicle. In form the fruits are always long, 

 strongly compressed laterally, and usually sharply pointed at the 

 apex, lemon-yellow to deep yellow in color, with bright yellow 

 flesh almost free from fiber and of characteristic sprightly sub- 

 acid flavor, lacking the rich- 

 ness of some of the Indian 

 mangos. The seed is oblong, 

 normally polyembryonic. 



Cambodiana (Fig. 21). \ 

 Form oblong to oblong-ovate, 

 compressed laterally ; size below 

 medium to medium, weight 8 to 

 10 ounces, length 3| to 4j inches, 

 breadth 2\ to 2f inches; base 

 rounded, the stem inserted 

 squarely or slightly to one 

 side without depression; apex 

 pointed, the nak a small point p IG 2 l. The Cambodiana mango. (X I) 

 % inch above the longitudinal 



apex ; surface smooth, yellow-green to deep yellow in color, dots almost 

 wanting ; skin very thin and tender ; flesh deep yellow in color, very 

 juicy, free from fiber, and of mild, subacid, slightly aromatic flavor; 

 quality good ; seed elliptic-oblong, thick, with short fiber on ventral 

 edge. Season in Florida late June to early August. 



Originated at Miami, Florida, from a seed introduced in 1902 from 

 Saigon, Cochin China, by the United States Department of Agriculture 

 (S. P. I. 8701). A later importation of seeds from the same region 

 (S. P. I. 11645) has given rise to another variety propagated by budding 

 which differs slightly from the one here described. The tree bears 

 more regularly than most of the Indian varieties. Named for Cam- 

 bodia, a region of French Indo-China. 



