THE CUBA REVIEW 



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There is Hardly a Home in the Tropics That 

 Does Not Have its Mango Trees. 



Three Familiar Cuban Trees 



By C. D. MeU 



Mango Fruit, the x\pple of the Tropics 



The mango (Mangifera indica), a native of the East Indies, was introduced into 

 the American tropics in 1782 by a captain of a French vessel, who brought other trop- 

 ical plants from the Far East into St. Domingo. From this island, which was then a 

 French possession, the tree was rapidly distributed throughout all parts of the West 

 Indies, where it is now the most important fruit tree. There is probably no other intro- 



