882 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
Photo by G. N. Collins 
A SEEDLING MANGO TREE IN FULL BEARING 
The fruits of many of the seedlings are so strongly flavored with turpentine that their 
sale in America has given people an idea that the mango is little more than a ball of tow 
soaked in turpentine. There are 500 varieties of grafted mangos in India, however, some of 
which rank among the most delicious fruits in the world. Some weigh as much as 6 pounds, 
are entirely free from fibres, and are produced in-quantity. Trainloads of them are shipped 
to the large cities of India. 
