The second edition of the KONKAN FRUIT FEST organized by the Botanical Society of Goa in association with the Corporation of City of Panaji, Directorate of Agriculture, Indian Council for Agricultural Research-Goa Complex ,RFRS-Vengurla and other agencies will be held this year in the month of May as decided at the Annual General Body Meeting of the BSG on 29 February and the consultations with the Chirperson and Commissioner of CCP, Director of ICAR-Goa, Director of Agriculture and Chairman of the Western Ghat Kokum Foundation earlier this year. Since the date of the Lok Sabha elections in Goa is fixed for 26 April,2004, and the Commissioner of CCP has been designated as the Officer on Special Duty for the said elections; the mango crop is delayed due to unfavourable weather and the ICAR has a two day programme at Sirsi on 1&2 May, the KFF-2 is proposed to be postponed to mid-May. All participants in KFF-1 and other enthusiasts growing fruit plants in the Konkan region are invited to participate. The venue will remain the Francisco Luis Gomes Garden,Campal Heritage Precint,opposite Kala Academy and Children's Park,Panaji-Goa. Those who would like to present cultural items at the venue or set up stalls promoting fruits, fruit juices, jams, jellies, toffee, wines,syrups and other products produced on home or commercial scale may please email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Mango will occupy the place of pride at this exhibition. Efforts will be made to obtain a few fruits of the new hybrid from IARI-Pusa viz. Pusa Arunima , a hybrid of Amprapalli and Sensation developed by Dr.Room Singh,Dr.R.R.Sharma and Dr.S.K.Bhagat of IARI. Amrapalli itself is a IARI-developed hybrid of North Indian choice mango Dussheri and the South Indian Regular bearer Neelam.[The reciprocal cross is known as Mallika, popular in South India.] Sensation is a Florida-USA mango variety with red skin preferred by European markets. Photos of Sensation were placed on the BSG net by Asit Ghosh, an Indian engineer based in Florida, last year in the run-up to KFF-1. Viva Goa. Miguel --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/22/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
