Redondo. — This fruit (PI. XI, fig. 1) weighs about 7 ounces and 

 is 3£ inches long and 2f inches broad. A heavy, attractive, dark-red 

 blush covers one side, and the dark-red color extends thinly over the 

 yellowish-green ground color on the opposite side. The flesh is 

 tender and juicy, the fiber long and abundant, the flavor pleasant, 

 but lacking in richness and quality. 



Largo. — This type, which is very common in the southwestern part 

 of the island, has a small oval fruit (PL XI, fig. 1), weighing about 

 5 ounces, with a thin tough skin separating easily from the meat. 

 It is an unattractive fruit, the color being green blotched with dull 

 yellow, the flavor sweet, but decidedly like turpentine, and the fiber 

 long, coarse, and abundant. 



Pina. — The most common of the types known by this "name (PL 

 XI, fig. 2) is found on the western part of the island. The fruit is 

 long, plump, and tapering toward the base. It is about 5 inches long 

 by 3 inches wide and distinctly beaked. The dull-yellow, unblushed 

 skin is smooth and separates easily from the flesh. The flesh, a rich 

 yellow in color, lacks juiciness and has an abundance of coarse fiber. 

 The flavor is sweet but not rich. 



WEIGHTS OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF FRUITS OF IMPORTED AND 

 NATIVE TYPES OF MANGOES. 



The table given below T shows the weight of the different parts of 

 normal fruits of a number of imported and native mangoes pro- 

 duced in Porto Rico. All of the imported varieties are from the 

 Orient, except Divine from Trinidad, Sans Pareille from Mar- 

 tinique, and Itamaraca from South America. 



Weight of different parts and percentage of edible portion of fruits of imported 

 and native types of mangoes. 



Imported varieties: 



Amini 



Bennett 



Cambodiana . . . 



Mullgoa 



Sandersha 



Sufaida 



Totafari 



Divine 



Sans Pareille . . 



ItamaracA 



Porto Rican kinds: 



Blanco 



Mangotina 



Redondo 



Largo 



Weight of 

 whole 

 fruit. 



Ounces. 



8 

 13 

 10 

 22 

 20 

 26 

 14 



8 

 15 



81 



7 



51 

 7 

 5i 



Weight of 

 skin 



Ounces. 

 11 

 1J 



4 



3| 



3 



21 



II 



H 



11 



H 



If 



11 

 1 



Weight of 

 seed. 



Ounces. 

 11 

 11 

 11 



2* 



2i 

 If 

 1 



1* 



11 



1 



H 

 if 



Weight of 

 flesh. 



Ounces. 

 5| 



15 



21| 

 11 



51 

 12| 



41 



Amount 

 of flesh in 



whole 



fruit. 



Per cent. 

 70 

 76 

 74 

 77 

 75 

 83 

 79 

 69 

 83 

 63 



61 

 61 

 66 

 55 



