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high, with a dense oval crown. The panicle is 12 to 24 inches 

 long, pale green, sometimes tinged with red. The fruit is 

 strongly compressed laterally, sharply pointed rather than 

 curved or beaked at the apex, lemon-yellow in color, with deep 

 yellow flesh almost free from fiber. In Florida there are com- 

 paratively few trees of this race. 



In addition to the above, there are several other races of 

 limited distribution in Cuba. The biscochuelo mango of 

 Santiago de Cuba is an excellent fruit, worthy of propagation 

 in other regions. The mango Chino of the Quinta Aviles at 

 Cienfuegos (a remarkable mango orchard established years ago) 

 is a large fruit always in great demand in Habana markets. 

 It is not, however, of rich flavor or fine quality. Manga mamey, 

 also of the Quinta Aviles at Cienfuegos is of better quality than 

 mango Chino, but is not so well known in Habana. 



In Jamaica the No. 11 race is esteemed above most other 

 seedlings. It had its origin in one of the grafted trees found 

 on a captured French vessel and brought to the island in 1782, 

 as related on a foregoing page. 



The seedling races of Porto Rico have been treated in detail 

 by G. N. Collins l and more recently by C. F. Kinman. The 

 most prolific and popular race is known as mango bianco. The 

 mangotina is found near Ponce ; it is rather inferior in quality. 

 The redondo is a seven-ounce fruit, lacking in richness. The 

 largo has a small oval fruit with much fiber. The name pina is 

 applied to several distinct forms, the commonest being a long 

 fruit of inferior quality. None of these Porto Rican forms 

 seems to merit propagation. 



In Mexico the principal races are the common West Indian, 

 and the Manila or Filipino. The latter is grown principally in 

 the state of Vera Cruz. Its culture should be extended to other 

 parts of the country, as well as to other tropical countries where 

 it is not now grown. 



1 Bull. 28, U. S. Dept. Agr. 



