"The first introduction of the East Indian Mulgoba mango was made into Florida by the Office of Pomology in 1889.

From the one tree of this early introduction which survived the freeze of 1895 has come the new mango craze that is now at its height among the Florida planters who have suitable soil and no frosts or only slight ones. When this tree, saved from destruction by Prof. Elbridge Gale, of Mangonia, came into fruit it was a revelation to America, to the Western Tropics in fact.

From this one tree thousands of grafted trees are now growing in Florida, and it will not be long before the Mulgoba is for sale on our markets. To meet the demand for the best mangoes in the world, the office has brought young plants of the best varieties from every region where they are grown, and there is now assembled in the green-houses of the department the largest and best selected collection of mangoes in the world. These are being fruited in Florida, and the best will be propagated as rapidly as possible for distribution."

Reminiscences of Early Plant Introduction in South Florida
by
Dr. David Fairchild
Reprinted and condensed, from the Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society
Volume 51, 1938, p. 11 - 33

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=13848

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Here are my 2 photos of MULGOBA mango displays taken at,

(i)
The Redland Summer Fruit Festival in Fruit & Spice Park, Homestead, Florida on 21st June, 2008;

http://www.asitghosh.com/mango...asit_mulgoba_fs_sm.jpg

(ii)
The International Mango Festival in Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida on 14th July 2007;

http://www.asitghosh.com/MISC/asitmulgobasm.jpg

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MULGOBA mango in Watercolor from USDA
http://www.nal.usda.gov/specco...childpages/38497.shtml

MULGOBA mango painting used in early advertisements
http://www.fairchildgarden.org...eorgebcelloncollection

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(1)
Mystery: MULGOBA or MULGOA

http://www.fshs.org/Proceeding...309-311%20(WOLFE)1.pdf

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(2)
Mango MULGOBA Group

http://chestofbooks.com/garden...ngo-Mulgoba-Group.html

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(3)
A fascinating but extremely in-depth study by Ray Schnell, Richard Campbell et al, at the National Germplasm Laboratory of USDA's ARS in Miami, Florida tracing the evolution of the Florida mangoes from the Indian "Mulgoba" and, beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . .

http://www.lal.ufl.edu/academi.../burns/pdf/192-197.pdf

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(4)
Mango article from the book
"Fruits Of The Warm Climate"
by
Julia Morton

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/new.../Morton/Mango_arS.html

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cool links, thanks, its going to take awhile to digest those!