Qld: Mango needs name

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Qld: Mango needs name

Buyers have snapped up 25,000 trays of a new mango in the past fortnight.

The Queensland Department of Primary Industries has called for suggested names forthe B74 mango, which was selected from row B and tree 74 in a trial near Childers in southeastQueensland.

Primary industries minister HENRY PALASZCZUK says the mango has a better shelf lifeand smaller seed.

It's hoped more than 50,000 B74 trees will bear fruit in Queensland, the Northern Territoryand Western Australia within three years.

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KEYWORD: MANGO (BRISBANE)