Dear Joe, I commend your painstaking work. But if you wish to know more about 'Ponnos' (both the juicy and dry types) try and meet a Goan who has done the greatest amount of work in collecting a gene pool of the best varieties of jackfruit from all over South India. Nobody to my knowledge has done anything even faintly resembling the work of this man on 'Ponnos' and cashew. (The Balli-1, Balli-2 and Balli-3 varieties of cashew were developed on his farm, the first by himself, the next two by the ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research -- and he should, hopefully, once the official process of yield certification is complete, maybe two/three from now, provide India's highest-ever yielding cashew variety.)
He is popularly known as "Bab Keni" (Prabhakar M. Keni, a decorated Progressive Farmer), who has a mother bank of about 84 different varieties of Jackfruit in his farm at Balli-Cuncolim, from where he annually makes grafts and propagates on a no-profit basis. Bab Keni lives in Sanvorcotto-Cuncolim, but spends a better part of the day at his farm in Balli. I have not asked his permission to share his telephone contacts on a public forum, but if you desire them, e-mail me privately. If you photograph only the variety of trees (not the number!) on his farm, you will produce a book! Best, v On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:11:00 +0530 wrote >Two variety of Goan Jackfruits � 'Rosall' and 'Kapo'
