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Ktjmukht, India. Described by Maries, has a rough skin, a large beak, eight ounces in 



weight, and has a fine flavor. — Woodrow. 

 KuTXA, India. A favorite variety. — Saharanpur. 



Sparse bearer; medium size; second quality; color yellow; stone medium size; 

 tree hardy; ripens late; keeps well; slow grower; fair, — Hartless, Saharanpur. 

 Lamba Bhadra, India. Introduced under S. P. I. No. 9537. Fruited in Florida. 



Sparse bearer; fruit large; first quality; color green and yellow; stone large; tree 

 hardy; ripens mid season; keeps well; free grower; nicely flavored. — Hartless, 

 Saharanpur. 



Fruited in Florida for first time in 1911, and said by Reasoner to be so inferior 

 as to be worthless. 



Laxgra, India. Introduced under S. P. I. No. 9311. Now under trial in Florida. Sent 

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



Weight six and one-half ounces ; size three and five-eighths by two and five- 

 eighths inches; skin very thin, green, with a yellowish tinge when ripe; pulp creamy, 

 and of delicious flavor; no fiber and small stone; both shoulders falling; beak very 

 small. This is Mahlah, described in Botanical Magazine, t. 4510. — Woodrow. 



Prolific bearer; medium sized fruit; first quality; color green; stone small; tree 

 medium hardy; ripens mid season; does not keep well; free grower; fine flavored. — 

 Hartless, Saharanpur. 



Lakgra Bekarsi, India. One of our introductions from India which bore in 1910 for the 

 first time. Promises to be very prolific and is a strong grower. The fruit is the 

 largest we have ever seen, weighing up to three pounds one ounce each. Very little 

 fiber, flavor rich and spicy. Fruit is yellow or greenish when ripe. — Reasoner, Florida. 



Laxgra Hardoi, India. Introduced under S. P. I. Nos. 9538 and 10651. Now under trial 

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



A thin seeded variety of good flavor, ripens late. Medium sized fruit, pale yellow, 

 flesh very rich.^ — Saharanpur. 



Prolific bearer; medium size; second quality; green in color; stone medium size; 

 tree hardy; ripens medium; keeps well; free grower; similar to Langra, but more 

 stringy. — Hartless, Saharanpur. 



Laxgra Large, India. Now under trial in Florida. Sent to California for trial, in 1911, 

 by Bureau of Plant Industry. 



Sparse bearer; medium size; second quality; green in color; stone medium size; 

 tree hardy; ripens medium; keej^s well; free grower; similar to Langra, but more 

 stringy. — Hartless, Saharanpur. 



Largo, Porto Rico. A form common on the south side of the island and at Mayaguez. 

 Long, nearly straight, stem not depressed, green in color. The flesh is very firm, mod- 

 erately thick, and with very few fibers. At Yauco slightly shorter specimens Avere 

 called "Mangotina," a name used very loosely in aU markets, this form selling for ten 

 for one cent. The flavor is fine, though the taste of turpentine is pronounced, and to 

 those who do not object to this feature it will appeal as one of the best of the Porto 

 Rican forms. — Collins. 



Latai^ia. a creeping variety. — William Bros., Ceylon. 



Late Mulcarri, India. Fruited in Florida. Fruit small to medium, yellow, highly flavored, 



usually late to ripen, contains but little fiber. Prolific— Reasoner, Florida. 

 Lathrop. Introduced by the Division of Seed and Plant Introduction, U. S. Dept. of 



Agriculture, and fruited in Florida for the first time in 1911. Said by Reasoner to 



be so inferior as to be worthless. 

 Lemox Chutxey, Hawaii. Size large for this class; color, a light lemon yellow, dotted 



with lighter yeUow after the manner of the chutneys; peeling qualities good; texture 



good; flavor good; seed medium size. — Higgins. 



