CHAP. II. DESSERT FRUITS. 231 



Besides 10. Arbuthnot, and 11. Moorshedabad, with the merits 

 of which I am unacquainted. 



The following- arc the several kinds grown for distribution in 

 the Gardens of the Agri- Horticultural Society : 



1. Bombay: or Large Malda. 



2. Madras : introduced thence, but originally from Bombay ; 

 a moderate-sized fruit, ripens of a straw colour, and is of very 

 fine flavour. 



3. Gopal Ehdg. 



4. Kysapatee. 



5. Bindobunnee: a small egg-formed fruit of fine flavour; 

 green when ripe. 



6. Bhutoora : a small fruit of long and flattened form, ripens 

 of a dark-green with vivid red streaks on the sunny side ; the 

 interior of a straw colour, very delicious, having a spice of 

 aniseed in its flavour. 



Besides the following of no great merit : Goa, ChucJcchuJceea, 

 and Feroghdbunnee, from Malda. Arracan, Soondershaw, De 

 Cruzes Favourite. Also Lucknow, Ndgrroo, Davies, and the 

 three, Tarse, August, and Madame, from Mauritius; with the 

 merits of which I am unacquainted. 



The garden of Baboo Jibbon Kissen Paul, at Hooghly, con- 

 tains, or did contain, in addition to many already described, 

 a very choice selection of different kinds of Mango, of which I 

 give an account below. I have been told, I must first state, by 

 one who inquired about them of the Baboo, that he did not 

 recognise the names of some. All I can say is, that if I am 

 inaccurate in any instance as to the name, I am to a certainty 

 correct in the description of the Mango to which the name 

 is applied. The names I took down from the Baboo's malee 

 with each fruit as I received it. 



1. Archdee (Bombay) : a fruit of first-rate excellence, ripening 

 some time after the season for other kinds is over. The tree 

 which bears it is remarkable for the purple or inky colour of 

 the young shoots. 



2. Bel Mango: a very peculiar and curious description of 

 fruit, of a flavour in no way distinguishable from that of the 

 fruit whose name it has ; the leaf also of the tree has a strong 

 parsley-like scent. 



3. Bdtavee: a moderate-sized fruit of first-rate excellence, 



