20 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OB^ SOME TROPICAL FRUITS. 



varieties are selling at 5 cents a dozen the price of the Filipino will 

 vary from 30 to 50 cents, and often it reaches a dollar. One tree is 

 known to have produced in one season fruit bringing $75. This 

 variety contains the largest amount of sugar of any of those examined. 

 The French is also one of the better varieties, having fewer of the 

 disagreeable qualities than most of the others. 



The sample of Porto Rico mango (No. 830, Table V) was obtained 

 from F. D. Gardner, in charge of the Porto Kican Experiment Station 

 at San Juan, and is one of the common varieties growing there. It is 

 very different in flavor from the Cuban fruits, having less acid and 

 sugar, but also less fiber. The composition of some Jamaican mangos 

 analyzed by H. H. Cousins a is also given in Table V. This fruit is 

 much more acid than that from Cuba. 



«Bul. Dept. of Agr., Jamaica, 1903, vol. 1, pt. 11, p. 268. 



