. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 340 THE NEW;- OcTOBEn 31, 1908. Kt&^ ^^f. WEST INDIAN FRUIT. THE 'SANDERSHA' MANGO. Under ihe licadiiig 'Promising New Fruits,' an article :i|i[)eavs in the receiitly issued Vcarhndl,- (1907) of tiie United Stntes Department of Agriculture, wliich contains particulars (witli coloured illustrations) of the ?characteristics of a number of fruits of different varieties that are at present ui'.der exjieriinental culture by the Department, and all of which promise to be of special ?excellence. Among th
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 340 THE NEW;- OcTOBEn 31, 1908. Kt&^ ^^f. WEST INDIAN FRUIT. THE 'SANDERSHA' MANGO. Under ihe licadiiig 'Promising New Fruits,' an article :i|i[)eavs in the receiitly issued Vcarhndl,- (1907) of tiie United Stntes Department of Agriculture, wliich contains particulars (witli coloured illustrations) of the ?characteristics of a number of fruits of different varieties that are at present ui'.der exjieriinental culture by the Department, and all of which promise to be of special ?excellence. Among these fruits is a mango of Indian origin, known as the ' .San(]ersha' variety, first intro- duced into Florida in the year 1901, and of which the following particulars are given :— Of the uuuigns that Imvc so far fruited .sufficiently in Florida to disclose their distinctive characteristic's, the Sauder- slia is one of the most unique, and in certain respects the most promising. It was introduced by the Section of Seed and Plant Introduction in 1901, having been received from Bangalore, India, in the form of two inarched trees. A .second lot of iniU'ched trees received from !Mr. W. Goilan, ? Superintendent of the Government Uotanic Station at SahanuipiU', India, uiidfr the name ' Sundcrshah ' has not yet fruited, but is believed to be the same sort. Little appears to have been published in India, regarding the variety, but at the Subtropical Laboratory of the Department at Jliami, Florida, wheie it has been fruited for two seasons, it has proved very ])roductive, of exce[)tionally large size, fine quality, and very late ripening season, all of which points are ap|iarently in its favour as a conunercial sort. Mr. I'. .1. Wester, of tlie Suiitropical Laboratory, considers •cress-pollination necessary to insure productiveness. The Sandersha mango is haig in form, compressed, and rather slender, tapering toward stem and teinunating in a distinct curved beak al the apex
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