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than twenty varieties of tlie finest fruit in the world, absolutely free of 

 turpentine and tow, full-meated, luscious, exquisitely flavored, of great 

 size, having small seeds, and of exterior coloring as richly varied and 

 attractive as that of the American apples. The Bombay mango has thus 

 become the mango of India, and it is shipped to all parts so far as trans- 

 portation facilities will allow. Of the better Bombay varieties the 

 'Alphonse,' in native vernacular the 'Abooz,' is easily the best ; but we 

 already have it, as well as the Mulgoba, in South Florida. If we can 

 obtain and domesticate the Cowassje, the Pirie, and the Bottle varieties, 

 as well, we shall be thoroughly equipped for supplying our own market 

 with as good mangoes as can be grown." 



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Mr. Monroe's Florida home is near Cocoanut Grove, south of 

 Miami, where his grove of citrus and tropical trees has been for 

 years the show place of that section. 



A government expert on tropical and subtropical fruits writing 

 in Bulletin No. I, issued by the Division of Pomology, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, says, "Next to the finest varieties of pineapples, 

 and perhaps also the mangosteen, there is no more delicious fruit 

 in the world than the mango." 



Mr. O. F. Cook, Botanist in charge of Investigations in Tropical 

 Agriculture, writes in the U. S. Yearbook for igoi : "The better 

 varieties of mangoes stand in the highest rank of tropical fruits." 



Woodrow, writing of the "Alphonse," the most noted of man- 

 goes, says : "It is universally admitted to be the best of all 

 mangoes. In flavor its fruit is indescribable ; it seems to be a subtile 

 blending of all agreeable flavors." 



Such distinguished testimony as the foregoing in favor of the 

 mango should convince anyone that this new fruit from the tropics 

 is worthy of at least a fair trial on its merits. The quantity 

 Of good mangoes produced in Florida so far, has been very small. 

 Indeed, prior to 1899 there were no budded or grafted trees in the 



