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 plain or sliced with wine, sugar and nutmeg. The unripe 

 fruits are made Into jellies, preserves, tarts and plcKles. 

 A wine Is made by adding vinegar to the Juice of mangoes. 

 Various domestic animals are also fond of the fruit. As to 

 quality, mango Is ranked by some next to the finest pineapples 

 and the mangosteen. 



PropajScatlon 



Propagation may be effected by seed, but It Is a slov/ 

 process, and necessarily uncertain, as no dependence can be 

 placed on the quality of the fruit. The best way, therefore. 

 Is to graft from, an approved tree, on a stocK raised from seed, 

 of which every garden should always possess a good supply, 

 ready to receive grafts. Dr. Mac Fadyen In his "Flora of 

 Jamaica" points out, that In that Island, "In order to obtain 

 a good variety the only plane Is to empjoy the seed of the 

 desired sort;" a method so fraught with doubt, that Its con- 

 tinuance Is much to be wondered at. The reason, however, 

 that this author gives against grafting Is that the bark 

 abounds with so much resinous gum that all scions fall. The 

 species ffiust differ widely from those In India, since failures 

 very seldom occur there In grafting miangoes. 



The stocks are obtained by seeds. The seeds usually 

 have more than one embryo, sometimes as many as ten. Each 

 embryo v;lll produce a distinct plant. The embryos may be 

 separated before planting, but It Is preferable to separate 



the young plantlets soon after germination, before they grow 



