758 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The outline drawings will give an idea of what Mangos are like, 

 and the photograph of a fruiting branch will show the general habit 

 of the fruiting branches. This particular branch had more than fifty 



Fig. 321.— Afooz = Alfomzo — the Bombay Maxgo. 



Weight] . 8 to 12 oz. Stalk . . Level with the fruit. 



Season. . May. Flesh . . Reddish. 



Colour . . Fine orange. Stone . . Large, hard, no fibre. 



A lovely-looking fruit, with a vanilla-like aroma. The flavour is also rather 

 strong of vanilla — a most delicious fruit, and a general favourite. Personally, I 

 cannot eat them, but prefer the milder flavoured ones. This variety originally came 

 from Salem, in Madras Province, but is now generally grown in Bombay gardens. 

 One native gentleman told me he often got 60 rupees a hundred for his fruit, but his 

 specimens generally weigh 12 oz. each, and are the finest I have seen. 



fruits upon it, but is only a fair specimen of what a large tree in fruit is 

 like (fig. 320) 



