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'Saigon' is a seedling race of mango cultivars originally introduced to the United States via seed from Southeast Asia. == History == 'Saigon' seeds were shipped to the United States from Saigon, Cochinchina in 1902 and planted at the USDA's plant introduction station in Miami, Florida for observation. Edward Simmonds, the station's director, found the fruit to be of good quality〔.〕 'Saigon' trees mostly came true from seed, though there were some variation. This meant that multiple types of 'Saigon' came into existence, and thus the name covers several varieties. Because of the positive qualities of the fruit, 'Saigon' was utilized in Edward Simmonds hybridization experiment, which resulted in a cross between a 'Saigon' type and the Indian 'Amini' cultivar. The resulting cross was named 'Samini'. 'Saigon' was also a parent of other mangoes in Florida as well, including the 'Florigon', whose name is a cross between the words 'Florida' and 'Saigon'. 'Saigon' was also claimed to be a parent of the 'Glenn' mango. 'Saigon' trees are planted in the collections of the USDA's germplasm repository in Miami〔http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1027708 USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). (Database ) National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.〕 and the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida.〔http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/crane/pdfs/TREC-Fruit-Collections.pdf Page 3, #93〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saigon (mango)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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