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PINEAPPLE GROUP. Composed largely of seedlings grown in Mexico^ 

 some of which have found their way into Florida. It is small in size, light orange 

 or lemon yellow_, streaked with red, fiber strong as in No. 11 group, shape dis- 

 tinct, shoulder not prominent, stigmatic area prominent. The varieties are: Pinna, 

 seeds imported from Mexico; Totafari, received as inarched tree from India. 



BOMBAY GROUP. This group has no distinct line of demarcation be- 

 tween it and the Eleanor group, which follows. Some of the varieties have come 

 to Florida as seed from the Antilles, others have come from India as inarched 

 trees. As a rule the fruit runs large; the ground color is dark lemon or bright 

 orange in most cases, in some ripening with a distinct greenish color, or containing 

 a considerable amount of red; fiber is rather weak; shape approximates as nearly 

 spherical as any group of mangos ; stigmatic area occurs well up on the fruit, 

 where it is either prominent or slightly depressed. Varieties are: Bombay, a 

 miscellaneous lot of seedlings from the Antilles; Indian, a variety of the Bombay 

 group ; ]\Iulgoba, introduced by United States Department of Agriculture from 

 India in the late eighties, in form of an inarched tree; Alphonse, derived from 

 India; Bennet^ derived from India. 



ELEANOR GROUP. A miscellaneous lot of seedlings. Distinct from the 

 Bombay groujo in color^ and in coarseness of fiber. Varieties are: Eleanor, a 

 rather handsome fruit; Apple, quite similar to Eleanor, but of apple-like flavor; 

 Aj^ricot smaller than two preceding, and of apricot-like flavor. 



SOONDERSHA GROUP. Comprising a single variety, the only one of 

 the group yet grown in Florida. Derived from India. The largest of the mangos 

 that have been grown in Florida, color somewhat like Cambodiana group, lemon 

 yellow with small dark colorations, fiber weak, season very late. The Soondersha 

 is the only one of the grouj^ so far fruited in Florida. 



An Annotated List of Better-Known Mangos 



Of the almost innumerable varieties of the mango, which have originated in 

 all i^arts of the tropical world_, extremely few have ever been completely described 

 or figured in any publication. Several of the most famous Indian mangos have 

 received considerable attention, but the great majority of varieties are scarcely 

 known even by name outside of the locality in which they have originated. The 

 following list is of necessity very fragmentary, and incomplete, and only contains 

 varieties which have received the attention of horticulturists. One authority 

 records having collected five hundred distinct sorts in India, but no description 

 has ever been published of the majority of these, and there remain vast numbers 

 whose existence has never been recorded. 



This list has been compiled in the main from the following sources, but 

 extracts have also been made from a number of articles which have appeared in 

 periodical publications, and I am personally indebted to Mr. E. N. Reasoner of 

 Oneco, Florida, for notes regarding many of the Indian varieties as fruited in that 

 state. 



