Indians know the Alphonso is the ‘king of mangoes’. If only they could buy some

Madhav Lele is sitting on a stockpile of well-ripened Alphonso mangoes harvested from his two 16-hectare orchards in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. He’s been following a good-natured Twitter debate about which mango variety is the best – but he is unsure whether the well-documented appetite for the Alphonso will be of any help in selling its fruits. India’s “mango madness” season stretches from late March to July as different varieties of the fruit come into season. But it looks…

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