Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Mangoes from Mux (Multan City)

MANGO, a member of the Anachardiaceae family, is an erect, broad specimen that can reach 100 feet high and 125 feet wide. A tree of this size develops a deep tap root and an extensive root system. However, pruning or containerizing can control the size.
Nearly evergreen, leaves are mainly borne in rosettes at the tips of branches, drooping like ribbons, leaves begin rose or wine red, turning glossy green. Thousands of flowers are borne in clusters on showy, erect, pyramidal branches. Fruits vary from round to oblong, yellow to red to purple. Our varieties are juicy, sweet and fragrant without the stringy fibrous tissue sometimes found in lesser desired cultivars. Inside the pulp is a single, flat elongated seed.
Mango is native to Asia, eastern India, Burma and Andaman Islands. Buddhist monks took mango to Malaya and eastern Asis in the 5th Century B.C. From there to Africa, Brazil, West Indies, Barbados, Jamaica; Mango reached Florida in 1833. After years and years of testing, involving millions of acreas under cultivation; 500 superior varieties have evolved. Of these we have selected the best hybrids; resistant to anthracnose, reliable producers, susculent flavors. Each grafted tree comes with parentage description.
The mango is naturally adaptable to environmental conditions, growing well in groves, dooryards, and containers; outdoors or indoors; high or low altitudes; rich loam or sand. The only necesity being water during the summer months. For best results, trees should be planted in enriched holes 2 feet deep and wide. After trees begin to bear fruit, 5:8:10 fertilizer should be applied 4 times a year. Prunning should be avoided until after growth year 4 and then only done slightly after fruit harvest if needed for shaping.

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