de Cuba. Toward Pinar del Rio, the tree was not seen as commonly 

 as farther eastward, though for the first thirty or forty miles after 

 leaving Habana it is abundant over the countryside. Between 

 Habana and Matanzas the tree is fairly common, and it is rather 

 extensively grown in some of the old Quintas of the Yumuri Val- 

 ley, near Matanzas. Farther west in Matanzas province we found 

 it less abundant. Around Santa Clara it is fairly abundant. At 

 Cienfuegos there are a number of groves and quite a few scattering 

 trees, but it is not so abundant outside the town as in some other 

 sections of the island. At Trinidad, on the south coast a short dis- 

 tance east of Cienfuegos, we found plenty of trees, many having 

 become naturalized in tiie mountains from seeds dropped by the 

 guajiros (countrymen), returning to their homes in the mountain 

 valleys. Toward Camaguej^ the trees were less frequent on the 

 plains. Around the town of Camagiiey itself, however, the mango 

 is fairly abundant, but the types are seemingly rather inferior. 

 The nomenclature of the groups seems to change in this region, and 

 the names applied in Habana, Matanzas, and Santa Clara provinces, 

 are no longer used. At Santiago de Cuba mangos are very abund- 

 ant, and during the season they are hauled into the markets every 

 morning by the cart load. Farther east in Orieute province, how- 

 ever, we saw comparatively few trees, and at Guantanamo most o 

 the best mangos were being shipped in from Santiago de Cuba. 



The common seedling rgces, mango and manga, are pretty well dis- 

 tributed throughout the island, and in most localities are practically 

 the only ones grown. There are, however, a few places which pos- 

 sess unusually choice types and are noted for them throughout the 

 island. Chief among such places are Cienfuegos and Santiago de 

 Cuba. "With the exception of the Filipino, which is Jtound around 

 Habana and which I have never seen in eastern Cuba, the best man- 

 gos of the island are probably grown near these two cities. In the 

 outskirts of Cienfuegos there is a garden known as the Quinta 

 Aviles, now the property of the Asturian Society, which contains a 

 large number of old mango trees, including a wider range of types 

 than I have seen in any other Cuban collection. The well known 

 mango Chino and manga ]\Iamey are found in this quinta, and 

 from it the markets of Habana are supplied with fruits of both of 

 these types. Mango Chino is now grown in other gardens near 

 Cienfuegos, the seeds having been taken from the Quinta Avilee 



At Santiago de Cuba there are several types of very superior 

 quality which are not quite so limited in distribution as are mango 

 Chino and manga Mamey of Cienfuegos. Along the hillsides 

 around El Caney, a few miles back of Santiago, are scattering trees 

 of the type known as Biscochuelo, a fruit which I believe to be, 

 everything considered, the most desirable seedling type which we 

 studied. While inferior to Filipino in quality, it is a good fruit and 

 so much more productive that it seems to me more valuable. The 

 names Seilora and Obispo are applied to several large and fine types 

 which are also found around Santiago. Corazon, Mamey and 

 Toledo are common and well defined types, but of no great merit. 



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