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BoRSHA^ India. Introduced under S. P. I. No. 8442. 



AVeight ten ounces; size four and one-eighth by two and five-eighths inches; skin 

 bright green, with minute yellow spots and bright crimson on exposed side; beak very 

 slight; left shoulder very high. — Woodrow. 



Fruit weighs on an average ten ounces, ripens by first of July. Flesh is as dry as 

 that of Mulgoba or Alphonse and can be cut hke cheese. It is three to four weeks 

 later in ripening than Alphonse and considered almost its equal in quality. One large 

 tree of this variety is said to have often yielded over $150.00 worth of fruit in a 

 single crop. * * * xhis variety is distinguished from Mulgoba by its young shoots, 

 which are distinctly reddish in color. — Fairchild. 

 Bottle, India. Introduced under S. P. 1. No. 8420. 



A good market sort of Bombay. Green in color, ripening to reddish yellow. Flesh 

 is yellowish in color and not stringy. The fruit is very long and slender, hence the 

 name "bottle." The stone is small. The fruit ripens, as do most of the Bombay 

 mangos, from April to May. — Fairchild. 

 Brixdabaxi, India. Introduced under S. P. I. No. 9506. Now under trial in Florida. 

 Sent to California for trial, in 1911, by Bureau of Plant Industry. 



Medium sized, green colored fruit. Quality only fair. Gollan, Saharanpur. 

 Sparse bearer; size small; quality only fair; color green and yellow; stone large; 

 tree tender; ripens midseason; keeps well; slow grower; juicy and of good flavor. — 

 Hartless, Saharanpur. 



Brojox^ath Dhtjr (or Brojo Xath Dhar). Listed, but not described, by William Bros., 

 Ceylon. 



Bl^lbuixhasm, India. Introduced under E. P. I. No. 9519. Now under trial in Florida, Sent 

 to California for trial, in 1911, by Bureau of Plant Industry. 



Sparse bearer; medium size; second quality; color green and yellow; tree hardy; 

 stone medium; keeps well; ripens medium; free grower; ordinary — Hartless, 

 Saharanpur. 



Calcutta Amix, India. Introduced under S. P. I. Nos. 9520 and 10644. Now under trial 

 in Florida. 



A long fruit, hooked and pointed. Has a very thin stone. Flavor good. — Gollan, 

 Saharanpur. 



Sparse bearer; large size; second quality; color reddish; stone small; tree hardy; 

 ripens medium; keeps well; medium free grower; ordinary. — Hartless, Saharanpur. 



Cambouiaxa, India. Introduced under S. P. I. No. 8701. Fruited in Florida. Sent to 

 California for trial, in 1911, by Bureau of Plant Industry, 



A very rapid grower, bearing medium to large fruit; early ripening, color yellow; 

 shape long ; rather more acid than most sorts if gathered before coloring, but when 

 ripened on the tree is quite sweet. Very fine sort without any turpentine taste, — • 

 Reasoner, Florida, 



Much like Totapari, but not so pointed. Free bearer.— Beach, Florida. 



Carabao, Philippine Islands. Introduced under S. P. I. Nos. 24927 and 25659. Now under 

 trial in Florida. Sent to California for trial, in 1911, by Bureau of Plant Industry. 



A variety of merit. It comes true from seed and by that method has been repro- 

 duced in that country (Philippines) for generations. — Maclntyre. 



Cecil, Florida. Form oblong reniform, rather slender; size large; cavity regular, small, 

 shallow, slope gradual; stem medium slender; fleshy where it joins the fruit; tip an 

 inconspicuous beak, usually about half an inch from the longitudinal apex of the 

 fruit; surface nearly smooth; color rich greenish or golden yellow, marbled lightly 

 with brownish yellow; dots numerous, russet, sometimes subcutaneous, green or gray; 

 bloom whitish; skin medium thick, tenacious; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, with but very 

 little fiber; seed thin, oblong, large; flavor sweet or mild subacid, rich, aromatic, 

 pleasant; quality good to very good; season June to August at Miami, Florida. 



