Ranchi, May 16: The king of fruits has finally conquered Lohardaga, Latehar, Gumla and West Singhbhum. For the first time this year, mango trees planted by the state government under National Horticulture Mission (NHM) have borne a large number of fruits, promising a bumper crop. Most of the 4,000 beneficiaries are tribal farmers, including those from primitive tribes. The state agriculture department had started plantation of fruit trees from 2005-06 under the national horticulture mission in Jharkhand through Vikas Bharati Bishunpur. Mango variants included Mallika, usually found on Gangetic plains, Amrapali and Langra. Each hectare of the earmarked areas in the four districts, especially waste and hilly tracts, were dotted with 100 saplings. Now, nearly half of over 44.5 lakh mango trees planted by the state government across 4,450 hectares in the four districts through implementing agency Vikas Bharti Bishunpur are heavy with fruits. Even last summer, only a few of these trees had borne fruits, as they were not yet ready.