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but in quality is s not so good as several of the taller growing kinds, — 
am quite unable to estimate the quantity or value ‘i that locally Ue 
sumed. That exported I estimate at from 10,000 tc 12,000 bunches a 
year, and in value from $2,009 to a 500. For full "ufofratión on the 
subject of this fruit as an article of export see the paper attached 
seein * Regarding an Export Fruit Trade. 
ngoes.—There is no cultivation in the proper sense of the term of 
this fruit From its first introduction to the Colony it was planted on 
sustain idleness among the labouring classes; and partly as a conse-- 
quence of this “fruit walks," as the avenues of fruit trees on the dams 
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and then only in an exceptionally dry s is tendency is 
characteristic of the Mango in all countries to m ch my experience has ` 
extended. The kinds grown here are generally poor, and there is no 
remedy this by pr opagating only good and first-class kinds by grafting 
(in-arching) and offering them for public sale at a cost to cover expenses. 
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such times it has hardly any value in country districts where trees are 
plentiful, and after transport to town, is sold at from one dozen to two 
dozen for a penny. In less fav vourable seasons it sells at twice to four 
times this rate. None is e ted, First-class fruit wen be worth 
exporting, but a r efviperatoe: osi be required for its safe conveyance. 
No attempt, however, should be made to export the ruit now available, 
as its quality is so poor it would only pejus the market. The 
difference between poor and good Mangoes is as great as that between A 
crab-apples and the choicest cultivated kinds of that frui it 
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sete to an indefinite extent. There is no export, and small quantities 
re sometimes imported from the West Indies. 
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conditions here are liege and the cultivation might be multiplied 
indefinitely. Two or three varieties are grown, one or two of which a 
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les—The land of the coast deem. a stiff clay, is not suitable 
for the best growth of this plant. Still a good many fruit are 
on the dams of sugar estates and elsewhere. Some of the best of the 
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first-class fruit among them. The Botanic Gardens are endeavouring to-- 
