Varieties
Kew
It is a leading commercial variety valued
particularly for canning. Its fruits are big-sized (1.5–2.5kg), oblong and tapering
slightly towards the crown. The fruit with broad and shallow eyes becomes
yellow when fully ripe. The flesh is light yellow, almost fibreless and very
juicy. The leaves often have a short sector of small margin of spines just
behind the tip, and irregularly on the base near its attachment to the stem.
Giant Kew
Cultivated in certain regions of West Bengal, it
is synonymous to Kew except the size of plant and fruit which are larger than
Kew as the name signifies.
Charlotte Rothchild
It is partially cultivated in Kerala and Goa. The
fruit is similar in taste and other characters to that of Kew.
Queen
Widely grown in Tripura, and partly in Assam and
Meghalaya, its fruits are rich yellow in colour, weighing 0.9–1.3kg each. The
flesh is deep golden-yellow, less juicy than Kew, crisp textured with a
pleasant aroma and flavour. Eyes are small and deep, requiring a thicker cut
when removing the skin. The leaves are brownish-red, shorter and very spiny.
Mauritious
A mid-season variety of the Queen group, it is grown
in some parts of Kerala. Medium in size, its fruits are deep yellow and red.
Yellow fruits are oblong, fibrous and medium sweet compared with red ones.
This is ideal for table purposes.
Jaldhup and Lakhat
These are 2 indigenous types grown in Assam, both
being named after the place of their production. Both are under Queen group
with fruits smaller than Queen. Lakhat is markedly sour in taste, whereas
Jaldhup has its sweetness well- blended with acidity. The fruits of Jaldhup
again have a characteristic alcoholic flavour of their own and can be easily
distinguished from other fruits of the Queen group on the basis of this
character alone.
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