From the archive record
Farm workers pluck mangoes from trees in the orchard of Malihabad, captured in slow motion. Another farm worker plays with mango. Mallihabad is in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is one of the largest producer of mangoes in India. he largest of 14 mango belts in UP, Malihabad has 30,000 hectares of land under cultivation. "Malihabad is the mango capital of India. It has some of the oldest mango trees. The groves here are owned by families who have been in the mango-growing business for years, some even for a 100 or 200 years!" Malihabad is the mango-lover's Garden of Eden; Chausa, Langda, Safeda and many other famous varieties of mangoes are grown here. But perhaps the best known and most loved among them is the Dussehri - the king of mangoes. According to the Geographical Indications