Saurav: I only saw canned mango sites, how do you order fresh mango online? are they available in Guwahati itself?Can they do it by tomorrow's father's day? :)
>From: Saurav Pathak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Alpana Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: AssamNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [Assam] mango alphonso
>Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 21:57:09 -0400
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>alpana-baideu,
>
>lengra is not alphonso. lengra comes from bihar, whereas alphonso
>comes from around bombay. most of us have not have had too many
>alphonsos. but most of middle-east have. i am reading that due to
>the war in iraq, alphonso exports are down. now is a good time for
>indians to enjoy the fruit. there are some online wallahs who are
>offering alphonso shipments to many parts of india, guwahati
>included. so you may get 2 dozen alphonsos delivered to people back
>home. a nice gift, i should think.
>
>saurav
>
>
>Alpana Sarangapani said on AssamNet:
>
>+ http://www.indiaagronet.com/indiaagronet/community/specificfarmers/Export%20
>+ of%20Mangoes.htm
>+
>+ Yes, I heard that too. Look into the above site, from where I got this
>+ stanza below, Saurav:
>+ "The US and Japanese markets are not accessible to Indian mangoes due to
>+ strict plant quarantine standards which require vapour heat treatment.
>+ The vapour heat treatment facility is not available in India."
>+
>+ India produces 63% of world mango production, can you believe that? It is
>+ not very popular amongst the North Americans, though. Just the South
>+ Americans love it like us, I guess. BTW, is this alphanso called 'lengra
>+ aam' in Assam?
>+
>+ this 'lengera aam' reminds me of an old Bihari lady who came to sell these
>+ to our house in Guwahati. She had the Parkinson's disease I think, always
>+ had her hands shaken when she weighed the mangoes on her little
>+ 'doga-palla'. We helped her to hold the 'doga-palla' but never thought
>+ deeply about difficult her life was.
>+
>+ Anyway, hope India gets the 'vapour heat treatment facility' soon, so that
>+ it is available for us here :). In the mean time have some mango-kulfi from
>+ the grocery store. :)
>+
>+
>+
>+
>+ ----- Original Message -----
>+ From: "Saurav Pathak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>+ To: "AssamNet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>+ Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 4:46 PM
>+ Subject: [Assam] mango alphonso
>+
>+
>+ > does anyone know whether they can be had, in the u.s. our local
>+ > india groccer told me indian mangoes donot make it to the u.s market
>+ > due to some fda rule. does anyone have an idea?
>+ >
>+ > thanks,
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