Branded Mango

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I had been to the fruit market near the vegetable market in my place, I was surprised to see ‘branded mangoes’, named after film stars and cricket celebrities. The mango that I bought at 50 rupees a kilogram was selling at 100 to 150 rupees per kilo; but it was given a name; people were buying crazy as if the mango came from garden of the film star or cricket stars. In my city we don’t have much mango trees left because of rapid cutting of trees in the name of industrialization and widening of roads; the mango comes mostly from south India. They have names; I am told the name comes from the villages they came, their appearance etc. We are getting ripe mango here since middle of April only, the cost was very high then. Friends from Philippines sent me mango slice in March; this means mango was available there much earlier. I know mango grows in hot climate only. [b]What about your place, do you have mango grown there or it comes from outside, any name for the mangoes? What is the cost per kilogram?[/b] Please share your experience and comment on this. Thanks in advance. Prof.Dr. B.Saraf. PhD 25th May 2012.