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mens examined, and an exceedingly hard, woody endocarp. 

 In season this type agrees with Chijio being early to mid- 

 season in ripening. While somewhat more fibrous than the 

 best Indian varieties grown in Florida, it is far above 

 the average Cuban seedling in quality and freedom from 

 fiber, and is here considered a very choice mango. The 

 trees appear to be productive. For trial in south Flori- 

 da." (Popenoe.) 40921. "Cienfuegos. Mango Chino . This is 

 one of the largest arid best seedling types in Cuba. In 

 general forraCfrino is broadly cordate, plump, usually some- 

 what oblique at the base and rounded at the apex. It 

 weighs 10 to 16 ounces. The stem is inserted in a shal- 

 low, somewhat irregular cavity. The surface is smooth, 

 greenish yellow to dull cream yellow in color, overspread 

 or blushed around the base with carmine. The skin is very 

 thick and tough, making the fruit an excellent shipper. 

 The flesh is deep yellow in color, orange yellow toward 

 the seed, of very firm and meaty texture, juicy, and with 

 a very faint but pleasant aroma. The fiber is more abun- 

 dant than in our best India varieties but much less so 

 than in the average Cuban seedling; it is long at the 

 ventral edge of the seed, but comparatively short else- 

 where. The flavor is rich, spicy, and very pleasant, the 

 seed oval, rather thin, and not objectionably large. It 

 usually contains four to six embryos. Chino is rather 

 early in season, and the trees seem to be productive." 

 (Popenoe.) 40983. "Santiago de Cuba. Biscochuelo mango. This 

 is probably the best type of mango grown in the vicinity 

 of Santiago de Cuba, and excepting the Filipino, one of the 

 very best in the island. It is quite common here, and 

 very abundant on the markets, where the fruits are sold at 

 $2 per hundred. Biscocliuelo is a fruit of rather unique 

 form differing from all others I have seen in Cuba. It is 

 oval to subreniform, decidedly oblique, the left shoulder 

 rounded to very broad and marked by a deep suture which 

 extends some distance down the ventral side of the fruit, 

 the right shoulder usually falling abruptly. The apex is 

 rather sharp and sometimes almost beaked. In cross sec- 

 tion the fruit is broadly oval. The weight is from eight 

 to 14 ounces. The general color, when the fruit is fully 

 ripe, is clear light orange, but as seen in the market 

 they are frequently tinged with green. The skin is thick 

 and tough, the flesh bright orange yellow, firm and meaty, 

 with a faint but pleasant aroma and very little fiber for 

 a seedling type. The flavor is sweet even when the fruit 

 is still quite hard, and when fully ripe it is very pleas- 

 ant. The seed is reniform in outline, with long fiber on 

 the ventral edge and short stiff fibers elsewhere, the em- 



