Mango is an exotic fruit with more than 4500 varieties having different colours, aroma, taste, flavors and nutrition contents. Mango is God’s gift to India and is adored as national fruit. It has been cultivated from ancient times and propagated to various parts of the world in the last 500 years. Though India had about 3000 varieties of mangoes, due to negligence and various other reasons, many local varieties have become extinct. They are replaced by grafted and hybrid varieties with better quality and regular higher yields. Though India’s production is highest in the world (55%), it is at the bottom in exporting. The modern cultivation techniques, tree and crop protection, harvesting skills, post-harvesting procedures, and export procedures are slowly reaching the growers. Today, The Central and state governments, and their agencies are paying more attention to mango propagation to improve farmers’ and national earnings.
This book “A Treatise on Mango the King of Fruits” gives comprehensive information on mango from A-Z covering all aspects in a single source. The information is organized into 4 volumes of A4 size hardbound book each containing about 400 pages with full-colour images on art paper. The volume 3 comprises 12 chapters. The Nutritional and medicinal aspects of mango and it’s uses is given in chapter 24; culinary aspects of mango from juices, mocktail and cocktail, curries, pachadies, pickles, deserts, snacks, sweets, jams, murabba, powders and other items are covered in chapters 25-33; Mango tree timber and its utility for house building, furniture, Kitchen items, puja room items, ship building etc are illustrated in chapter 34. Thrilling aspects of mango and statistics are brought out in Chapter 35. The book will enthrall every reader. Culinary aspects are from experts and talented people in the field. Housewives may relish as it can widen their scope to exhibit their cooking talents. Home product developers will be greatly benefited. People with carpentry talents will have brain-teasing experience. On the whole, it is worth possessing this book