of the world. This is the only fruit which is consumed in its all stages and the tree provides us food, medicine, timber and oil. In fact, it is a fruit of both poor and rich society of India and sustains the employment and income for a large number of local people in the orchards, cottage and big industries.
The mango has been dealt with in a scholarly manner in The Wealth of India - Raw Materials in 1962. But being a popular and major horticultural crop, this is now brought out in a semi-popular book style. The purpose of this book is to fill the gap of scientific information from 1962 to todate and present in a short, illustrated, colourful and lucid form.
The rapid development of researches in cultivation practices. breeding, protection, storage, preservation, processed food items, and use of waste products has resulted in profound changes in the yield patterns, production, new varieties, consumption and industrialization of mango. Now one need not wait for mangoes and its receipes for mango season, i.e. summers as besides being consumed as raw mango, pickles, chutneys, pectins, jam, murabbas, syrups, squash, toffees, am papad, mango powder and many other preparations having mango flavour are now available throughout the year for domestic and export market.
All this is given in this book. But of course, can not be all about the mango. Various publications in journals, books, first hand re-ports of institutes have been consulted to get latest information for this book. For more details recourse may be made to the sources of information under 'Books for further reading' and research institutes.
our ancient culture and texts are having references on our common fruits and other plants regarding their seasons and usefulness at various stages. For centuries mango has been a favourite fruit of Indians because of its common occurrence, taste and healthy note. One day my little daughter, who had just started speaking some words, was holding one big mango in her small hands and repeatedly saying Aam Aam. To my surprise, she pronounced this so well as if she knew the fruit from her birth. Not only the fruit but wood, bark, leaves, flowers and stones (guthli) are also used and have deep association with our culture, diet, medicine and industry. The availability, acceptability and multipurpose utilization have adorned King's crown on Mango so we call Mango as The First Fruit of India.
Fruits are ever precious materials to man. Cultivating vast fruit orchards and making many of his agro-industries based on fruits are characteristics of modern exploitation of these cherished gifts of nature to man. The number of the edible tropical fruits is just countless but the best one being the mango. More than ninety per cent of mangoes produced annually are eaten fresh and remaining ones used as preserves, pickles, sauces, chutneys, marmalades, jams, jellies, candies, syrups, juices and so on. Modern industries are playing a very good role in canning, drying, salting, sweetening, pickling and freezing the mango products by latest scientific and technical methods. The useful products like kernel oil, fat, starch, protein, vinegar and pectin can be prepared from waste products of mango industries, which can play an important role in the economy of India.
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