Mango Trees, c 1930. Mackay Daily Mercury 1 March 1930 WHAT IS A MANGO ? 169973964 ) Stories of Queenslanders visiting Sydney and Melbourne and causing profound astonishment amongst shop keepers by asking for mangoes or papaws, are not new (says a writer in the 'Daily 'Mail'), but this one from considerably nearer, Newcastle, is certainly no chestnut. A friend of mine, whose business necessitated a sojourn of several months in Newcastle, was grateful for a present of a case of choice mangoes from thoughtful relatives in Brisbane. His land lady was asked to try one, and, expressing delight
Mango Trees, c 1930. Mackay Daily Mercury 1 March 1930 WHAT IS A MANGO ? 169973964 ) Stories of Queenslanders visiting Sydney and Melbourne and causing profound astonishment amongst shop keepers by asking for mangoes or papaws, are not new (says a writer in the 'Daily 'Mail'), but this one from considerably nearer, Newcastle, is certainly no chestnut. A friend of mine, whose business necessitated a sojourn of several months in Newcastle, was grateful for a present of a case of choice mangoes from thoughtful relatives in Brisbane. His land lady was asked to try one, and, expressing delight at the flavor, a number of seeds were collected and sent to some friends of hers on an orchard outside the city for planting purposes. Having neither seen nor heard of the fruit, information was solicited from a seedsman in Newcastle. His reply was responsible for no little amusement and indignation to the patriotic Queenslander. Mango, said the seedsman, is just the German name for a rockmelon, and the fruit grows on a low vine. — Strange, laughable rather, but true.
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