than outweighs the points against it. Its origin is obscure, but it 

 is quite probable that it was introduced from Santo Domingo by 

 the French settlers. It is grown rather commonly in the hills back 

 of Santiago, especially around El Caney, and is abundant in the 

 markets during July, selling for $2.00 per 100. Its affinities do not 

 seem to lie with either the mango or manga races. 



The fruit is broadly oval, weighing 8 to 14 ounces and of a clear 

 orange-yellow color, rarely stained by anthracnose. The flesh is firm 

 and meaty, fibrous around the ventral edge of the seed but else- 

 where almost free from fiber, and of a rich, sweet flavor which is 

 /ery pleasant. It keeps well and is often shipped to Habana. It 

 seems well worth propagating elsewhere in the island. 



It may be described as follows: .. 



Form oval to sub-reniform, decidedly oblique, length 3 to 4 inches, 

 weight 8 to 14 ounces; left shoulder rounded to very broad and 

 marked by a deep suture which extends down the ventral surface 

 of the fruit 1-4 or 1-3 of the distance to the apex, right shoulder 

 usually falling abruptly, sometimes marked by a shallow suture; 

 apex somewhat wedge-shaped, broad, with sometimes a tendency 

 toward a beak, the nak prominent; surface smooth, clear, light 

 orange-yellow^ in color, with very numerous small russet dots ; skin 

 thick and tough ; flesh bright orange-yellow ; very firm and meaty, 

 juicy, the aroma not pronounced but very pleasant ; quality good ; 

 flavor unusually pleasant, very sweet even when the fruit is rather 

 hard ; fiber objectionable around the ventral side of the fruit, slight 

 on the sides ; seed reniform, 21/2 to 3 inches long, plump, containing 

 3 to 5 embryos. 



Chino. 

 cienfuegos. 



This is a famous fruit, originally grown in the Quinta Aviles at 

 Cienfuegos and now produced in a few other gardens as well. It is 

 probably the largest seedling mango in Cuba, and is well known in 

 Habana markets, where single specimens sell for 20 to 40 cents. 

 Size is its principal virtue, however, for it is fibrous and rather 

 lacking in flavor. 



The people of Cienfuegos class this as mango, and the habit of the 

 tree as well as some of the characteristics of the fruit are distinctly 

 those of the mango race. 



It may be described as follows : 



General form broad cordate, very plump, usually somewhat 

 oblique at base ; length 3 to 5^^ inches ; weight 12 to 20 ounces ; cav- 

 ity shallow, broad, somewhat irregular ; shoulders sometimes nearly 

 equal, but more often the left one broad and rather high, the right 

 rounded and falling; apex rounded, the nak slightly raised, 14 

 inch above longitudinal apex; surface smooth, greenish-yellow to 

 dull cream colored, overspread around the base with light red, the 

 dots numerous, very small and inconspicuous; skin usually thick 

 and tough ; flesh deep yellow in color, orange-yellow toward the 



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