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FROM THE NORTH SHORE

  

San Pancho Mango Tropical Fruit (Family Terebintaceas)
By Elvia & Geno Lamphiear

The mango season is coming and with it also comes the unmistakable smell of this delicious fruit. I enjoy looking at the mango blossoms as they add so much to the scenery. Soon there will be all kinds of manguitos hanging everywhere. Mango is one of my all-time favorite trees and fruit. It is believed that the mango was recently brought from the Veracruz area in the Gulf Of Mexico. Even though is a tropical fruit, the elders of San Pancho only recall banana and palm tree plantations in years bygone.

MANGO - MANGO - MANGOS.

The mango has played an interesting role in the San Pancho way of life. Twenty-five years ago the people were encouraged to plant mango everywhere. The CONASUPO (the factory at the entrance of San Pancho) was originally built to process products to be distributed all over México in stores with the brand name "Conasupo".

This was a government program to sell to Méxican families at a very reasonable price.

We have one Conasupo store still in San Pancho, right next to the park. Fernando now runs it. With the Conasupo factory, people had a place right in town to sell their mango harvest. But things changed - and six years later there went the mango dreams of many people with the closing of the factory due to lack of interest from the new administration. When the factory was open mango jellies were made and also canned mango. One of the best tasting milks were distributed by the factory along with jalapenos, wooden boxes and more. Sad but true, the mango grower is not well paid in Mexico and we have so much left unsold that in season a lot of it simply rots away. The mango season lasts for approximately 3 months and during that time we breathe and eat mango all day long. The mango is well known for its properties as a laxative, but mango enzymes are good for stomach ulcers as well. The future of many mango orchards seem to be in doubt as a lot of them are being cut down for new housing or replaced for new products that have a better reward in the market.

MANGO TYPES

Is common to see different types of mango. I known five kinds of the round ones Heidi, Tomy, Ken, Sensacion and Pear. Another two that are long and skinny are the Manila and Ataulfo (which is a Manila hybrid). I also known Mango Creole (or ordinary mango) which is one of the favorite. I seem to remember two more that are not as well known, but I cannot remember their names (old age I guess). But if you can imagine that just in San Pancho alone we have ten different types, it makes one wonder how many more types of mango are out there. Round or skinny, ordinary or not, the mango is simply delicious. It is common to see at almost every house a mango tree. They give great shade and at the park we have some gigantic manila mango trees that are about 20 meters high. If you are searching for the mango shade, be careful during the mango season as you could be the victim of a mango falling on your head. Some of them weight about a kilo apiece. Never give up an opportunity to try a "new-to-you" type of mango - you just might like it!

Until next time.

Elvia & Geno Lamphiear
genolamhiear@hotmail.com

* This information is provide by María Elvia Garcia Palomera & Geno Lamphier, owners of Calandria Realty in San Francisco [San Pancho], Nayarit, Mexico


San Pancho. - El Mango Fruta Tropical (Familia terebintaceas)
Por Elvia & Geno Lamphiear

La temporada de mangos se aproxima y con ella el inconfundible olor a mango, es tan agradable ver los mangos floreando por todos lados le agregan al paisaje sus ramilletes de espigones de color marrón muy pronto tendremos choles de manguitos de todos tamaños colgando de los árboles, el mango es uno de mis árboles favoritos y por supuesto la fruta también. Se cree que el mango fue traído desde Veracruz, estado que se encuentra en el Golfo de México, ya que aunque estamos en una región tropical los habitantes mayores de San Pancho solo recuerdan grandes plantaciones de plátano y palmeras anteriormente.

El mango ha jugado y sigue aun jugando un rol importante en esta región, en los tiempos en que la Conasupo funciono (las fabricas a la entrada de San Pancho construidas en el sexenio del ex-presidente Echeverría procesaría productos para ser distribuidos en las tiendas Conasupo en todo el país, un programa social para ayudar principalmente a las personas de escasos recursos), se hacia mermelada de mango, y mango en almíbar, en ese tiempo, (hace 25 anos) la gente estaba motivada a plantar mango ya que podrían venderlo de seguro aquí en san pancho donde seria procesado, era como una nueva opción en el desarrollo de la agricultura de esta región, sin embargo no duraría mucho ya que la Conasupo dejo de funcionar como seis anos después y con ella se fueron los sueños de muchos sembradíos de mango. El mango no es muy bien pagado, a la fecha podemos observar como lentamente las huertas de mango van siendo reemplazadas por desarrollos habitacionales o simplemente por otro producto que tenga una mayor remuneración en el mercado. La temporada de mango dura aproximadamente tres meses, y en ese tiempo se respira, desayuna come y cena mango, tenemos mas mangos de los que posiblemente se pudieran consumir, y aunque el beneficio mas común conocido del mango es que sirve de laxante también las enzimas de mango son buenas para las ulceras estomacales. Y la fruta es simplemente exquisita.

VARIEDADES DE MANGO.

Es común ver distintos tipos de mango hay cuatro variedades que conozco de los redondos, Ken es uno, Heidi es otro, el tercero que se llama Tomy y el cuarto sensación, todos estos con un sabor "huuummm" para chuparse los dedos carnosos y jugosos, el quinto, mango manila es un mango largo y delgado, el Ataulfo o manila mejorado, el mango criollo o corriente es uno de los favoritos. Redondo o largo corriente o fino el mango es delicioso recuerdo otros tres tipos que había en el corral de mi casa uno era mango pera, y los otros dos no recuerdo el nombre, estos últimos no eran muy comunes, pero si solo en el área de san pancho es posible encontrar 10 tipos de mangos imaginase cuantos más habrá. Es normal ver árboles de mango en los patios de las casas hacen muy buena sombra. En el parque de san pancho tenemos unos gigantescos árboles de mango manila de 20 metros de altura que dan sombra a los visitantes, pero tenga cuidado cuando visite el parque en la época de mangos, usted podría ser la victima de un mangazo algunos llegan a pesar hasta un kilo.

Hasta la proxima

Elvia & Geno Lamphiear
genolamhiear@hotmail.com

* Esta información es una contribución de María Elvia García Palomera & Geno Lamphier, propietarios de Calandria Realty en San Farancisco [San Pancho], Nayarit, México.

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