Report of Standing Committee on Pineapples and 
Other Tropical Fruits. 
MANGOES. 
BY PROF. P. H. ROLFS. 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
Among the tropical fruits that are be¬ 
ing introduced into Florida, no one is 
more certain to make a definite impres¬ 
sion upon the market than the new man¬ 
gos. The fruit produced by the mulgoba 
exhibits such a character that it will push 
its way into the market were it to com¬ 
pete with peaches; but fortunately it rip¬ 
ens just ahead of that crop, and so we 
will not be thrown into actual competi¬ 
tion with this luscious fruit. The mul¬ 
goba budwood can now be had in almost 
any quantity that any one desires in Flor¬ 
ida. There is still some difficultv ex- 
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perienced in propagating and setting out 
the trees. From my experience in this 
matter I am inclined to believe that we 
shall have to adopt methods for the pro¬ 
pagation and setting out of these trees 
that are radically different from those 
practiced in setting out citrus trees. As 
citrus growers we are apt to make this 
our standard, and anything that does not 
conform to the methods of procedure that 
we have adopted for growing citrus trees 
is considered to be extra difficult, or else 
not worthy of attention. We are also 
apt to draw a long breath when the nur¬ 
seryman confronts us with a price for 
these trees that is probably ten times as 
' high as that of citrus trees. Here again 
we allow our standard to interfere with 
our business methods. We should re- 
H-s 
member that mulgoba trees are really rari¬ 
ties. 
PROPAGATING. 
Budding of mangos is not only pos¬ 
sible but may be done profitably. The 
mango nursery, however, must be radi¬ 
cally different from that of the citrus 
nursery. For general purposes I think 
the methods advised by Mr. John B. 
Beach, and which he has published re¬ 
peatedly in the agricultural papers, and 
also in addresses to the Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, are probably familiar to every one 
here, so I will not take them up again at 
this point. 
AREAS ADAPTED TO MANGOS. 
If we will examine the map of Florida 
we will see that all of that area on the 
East Coast south from Mangonia and on 
the West Coast south from Caloosahat- 
chee River, is adapted to mango growing. 
In addition to this general area there are 
isolated areas to the north of this in which 
mangos can be grown with a fair degree 
of assurance that crops will be obtained. 
Several years ago a considerable number 
of mango trees were fruited in the vici¬ 
nity of St. Petersburg. In this region 
there are trees sufficiently large to pro¬ 
duce a considerable quantity of fruit. 
Various places on the Manatee River are 
also quite certain to produce paying quan- 
