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good indication. The ripening process may be completed on 

 shelves in cool well-ventilated buildings. As with oranges, very 

 careful handling is necessary. 



A method of preserving Mangoes and other fruits is noted in 

 the Journal of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (1905, p. 22) — the 

 fruit is covered with cold sterilized water, sealed in bottles, and 

 heated for four hours at 150° to 155° F. 



Ref. — " Piuri or Indian Yellow," in Journ. Soc. Arts, xxxii. 1883, 

 pp. 16-17. — " Mango " (Mangif era indica), in " Report on the Con- 

 dition of Tropical and Semi-Tropical Fruits in the United States," in 

 1887, Div. of Pomology, U.S. Dept. of Agric. Bulletin No. 1, 1888, 

 pages 27-33, making mention, and in some instances describing, 

 62 varieties. — " Mangifera indica, The Mango Tree," in Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. India, v. part 1, 1891, pp. 146-156; giving habitat; 

 history ; cultivation ; cultivated races, including a descriptive 

 list of the following good sorts : " Afooz," " Kuabogh," 

 " Durbhungah-Bombay," " Safada," " Gopalbogh," " Kakoria," 

 " Kurrelna," " Banka " (twisted), " Ameercola," " Dilpusund," 

 " Durma " or " Derrima," " Kishenbogh Durbhungah," " Kishen- 

 bogh," " Lerrua " or " Lerrna," " Shah pusund " (generally called 

 Malda), " Gowraya Malda," " Kumukht," " Buhpali," " Inerna " 

 (this is the largest Mango, some specimens attaining a weight of 

 4 lb.), " Kerbuza " (or Melon) Mangoes, including " Naroika," 

 44 Mohedenugger " and " Dhoola walla kerbusa " ; Budaya Mangoes, 

 including " Khari Budaya," " Terha Kellua," " Fuzlee Bewa," 

 44 Jalli bund," 44 Durbhungah Budaya," " Nukkna Lungra," 44 Mo- 

 hunbogh," 44 Mohur Thakoor," 44 Tars " (the native name of the 

 Borassus Palm, the two fruits bearing some resemblance to each 

 other). The economic uses of the various parts of the tree are 

 described, and a statement of the chemical composition of the 

 fruit is included. — 4 ' Preserving Mangoes," E. M. Shelton, of the 

 Department of Agriculture, Queensland, in Bull. Bot. Dept. 

 Jamaica, 1894, pp. Ill, 112 ; including instructions for canning, 

 making marmalade and jelly. In the experiments 13 good-sized 

 Mangoes gave one pint of jelly and five quarts of marmalade. — 

 Ibid, in The Agricultural Record, Trinidad, v. Aug. 1891, pp. 76-78, 

 being a Reprint from Leaflet issued by the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Brisbane, 1891. — " Fabrication de l'eau-d-vie de Mangue," 

 in Rev. Cult. Col. i. 1897, p. 151.— " The Mango" (Mangifera 

 indica), in Bull. Misc. Information, Roy. Bot. Gardens, Trinidad, 

 July, 1899, pp. 190-219. Cultural notes and descriptions of the 

 following varieties, with an outline figure of each : " Gordon," 

 44 Peters " (" Bombay " Mango of Jamaica), ' 4 Julie," " Father 

 Louis," 44 No. 11 " of Jamaica or " Reine Amelie " of Martinique, 

 44 Prestoe," "Mistake," "Golden Mango" or " Mango D'or," 

 44 Grand Verte," " Calabash," " Baladooray " or " Big Massa " (the 

 tree is the largest of all the Mangoes and grows to a very large 

 size, but is by no means a good bearer), and " Belle Maria." — " Graft- 

 ing the Mango Tree," Knight, in Queensland Agric. Journ. vii. 1900, 

 pp. 41, 42.—" The Mango," Fawcett & Harris, in Bull. Bot. Dept. 

 Jamaica, viii. 1901, pp. 161-178 ; to which is attached an article 

 on " The Shipping of Mangoes and the Reason for their absence 

 in the Markets of the United States," by John W. Harshberger, 

 Ph.D., Philadelphia ; Ibid, in The Sugar Journal and Tropica] 



