mangoes
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23241)
7 Jun
The rains are the best for the banana and mango plantations. In bengal 3 forms of bananas called mortoman, kanthali and champa variety grow. 2 varieties of mangoes called himsagar langra are common in bengal. The rains can help...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23241)
26 Apr
In many plantations in the countryside the mangoes bulge out of the trees. It will take another 1 month for the mangoes to ripened. There are many varieties in India including himsagar, langra, alphonso, daseri, to mention a few....
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Xavier Bage
@franxav (14591)
• India
27 May 25
I wrote on mangoes some days back. This morning too I picked up different species of mangoes. I use the word species because I couldn't think of any other word.
This morning too I gathered a bagful of mangoes. I just had to walk...
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
4 May 25
We always harvest mangoes when the birds drop down half pecked mangoes. We know it is time to harvest and they are mostly green
This morning on my usual stroll I saw two yellow mangoes on the ground. Strange that the birds did...
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
13 Mar 25
Twice my mom's driver had delivered two buckets of mangoes on two separate weeks this year. And then a cousin of mine who came all the way from the province bought another set of mangoes that the seeds came from our old mango...
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
13 Feb 25
With the new set up of maids I will have access to those who could harvest mangoes when the time comes.
One of the maids who is back working for me knows a few guys who are into doing this kind of work.
Not just mangoes I see...
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
19 Sep 24
Mangoes are harvested not when the are fully ripe but when they get that pink hue We also depend on birds to lelt us know when it is time to harvest them.
Birds start pecking at the mangoes when they are reay for harvesting....
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23241)
20 Jun 24
Bengalies love mangoes a lot. There are different types of mangoes found in India. There is a variety called chausa which is famous in Lucknow. In Bengal himsagar variety of mangoes is popular. They grow the best in malda and...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23241)
3 May 24
In Calcutta during summer mangoes come in the market in late April. This year there has been severe heat. While the raw mangoes are available in the market used for making chutney or pickle, the ripe ones are yet to come. May be...
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Patricia Ocampo
@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
1 May 24
Ripe and green mangoes are in this summer in my country , both are delicious and is my favorite as desert or snack . Some Filipinos dip mangoes with their favorite dips to enjoy its taste more.
Asians like me have a variety of...
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
4 Mar 24
Few days after my mom's birthday, one of my cousins paid a visit along with 2 sacks of unripe mangoes. I was happy but since it's really been hot these days it didn't take long for them to be ripe. And this kind of mangoes I...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb 24
A few days ago, some friends gave us three lovely mangoes, the ones you see in the photo. It was very kind of them but, to be honest, we’re not hugely keen on mangoes. I know many people love them.
Vince’s sister was one of...
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
3 Jan 24
Of the fruits my favourite is mangoes We have four varieties and Benet Alphosa takes first They are fleshy and can be used to make juice,jam, jelly and ice cream.
Whenever we have surplus we store the pulp in the deep freeze...
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
16 Jun 23
Apples do not grow where I live but when we visited Kashmir we got to see apple orchards and it was a joy to see fruit laden trees.
I even got to eat an apple off the tree in that I held on to the apple while on the tree and...
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
2 Jun 23
Few at a time was a good thing as we could keep them for us rather than find a buyer. We distributed a few and this lot I wanted to give to my friend who was here recently.
She is settled down in the US and each time she...
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
29 May 23
We have four types of mangoes. While most tolerate rain this one that you see in the photo has succumbed to rain. We harvested these after a couple of rains as they had not matured till then.
In the good old days there was...
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