The Fruits of Bangladesh
The fertile land of Bangladesh has made the production of fruits easy. She produces various kinds of fruits. Some of them are large, other are small in size. Many of them are sweet and a few are sour Most of them are fleshy, while a small number contain watery juice. But whatever may be their size, almost all of them are health-giving.
Among the fruits the mango takes the lead by its sweetness and power of nutrition. It is called the king of fruits. It has several varieties such as Fazli, Langra, Mohonbhog, Gopalbhog. Sitabhog etc. The Fazli is a large-sized mango found in Rajshahi, Bogra and Dinajpur districts. It is sweet and has a peculiar flavour of its own and is immune from the ravages of worms. Ordinary mangoes are more or less found in almost every district of Bangladesh.
The jack-fruit, which is called kanthal' in Bengali, is national fruit of Bangladesh. A large-sized one sometimes weighs about a maund. It has a rough and prickly skin. Inside the skin the fruit is found to be composed of many flakes, each of them containing a stone. It is a composite fruit. The fruit is golden in colour and is sweet to the taste. But it has a bad reputation-of upsetting the stomach.
Then comes the pine-apple. It is obtainable in large quantities in Bangladesh during the rainy season. It is full of the most wonderful juice. It is a highly palatable and very health-giving fruit It is said that a glass of pine-apple juice in the morning keeps the doctor far, far away.
The coconut is another common fruit of Bangladesh. The milk of the coconut is a wholesome and refreshing drink and the kernel inside is a substantial and nutritious food.
Orange is sweet and juicy and is very good for liver. The papaw is also a delicious and matiious fruit and like the orange is very sood for liver, Sylhet produces the best kind of orange.
The fruit that is much in demand throughout the year is the banana. It is a nice fruit and is as delicious as it is nutritious. It has different varieties such as the Amritasagar, the Shabri, the Kabri, the Agniswar etc. Its green prototype is used as kitchen vegetable.
Among other fruits lichis, black berries, dates, plums, melons, native apples, star apples, jumbolins, Wood-apples, pomegranates and green melons deserve mention. Lichis are sweet and flavoury and are in wide demand in summer. The melon is also a good fruit. Its watery juice is cool and refreshing.
There are some fruits which taste sour. Of these the lemon is the most popular. It has different varieties of which the kagzi is the best. The tamarind, the kamranga and the batabi also taste sour.
Most of the fruits produced in Bangladesh are health-giving. Various kinds of tonic syrups. jams and jellies are made from the juice of fruits. Sour fruits enter into the preparation of sour conserves.
Fruit-culture and fruit eating can effectively lead to the promotion of our national health.
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