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From Mr. Josepn Shore, Cinnamon Hill, Little River. 



This is a very dry locality with only 39 inches average rainfall, 

 and only the hardy kinds of mango thrive here, these being also the 

 coarsest kinds, viz., Black (smallish, covered with black spots, very 

 sweet and free from worms.) Kidney (medium size, reddish yellow, 

 very subject to worm*, kidney-shaped) Round-point and Long-point 

 (or stringy mango, the former smaller than the latter, full of fibres 

 yellow colour, the commonest mango about here, generally free from 

 worms.) These are the varieties about here ; further inland and in the 

 Queen of Spain's Valley where the rainfall is 50 to 60 inches there are 

 some more kinds such as No. 11 (the best, very seldom found in pas- 

 tures but mostly in settler's lands and in gardens) Bastard No. 1L (like 

 the former kind in shape, but of inferior quality and subject to worms, 

 blacker in colour ) Rosy-cheeked mango, or Nubby mango, (a small 

 very sweet and clean mango, bright red shade 1 with green.) Mamrnee 

 mango (large, coarse, of rather nutty flavour.) Sugar Mango (very 

 large, very sweet, rough brownish black skin, found in large groves in 

 many estates and pens.) Salt fish Mango very like the Sugar kind in 

 appearance, very large, with a peculiar fishy odour when cut.) Tur- 

 pentine (a coarse strong flavoured mango, the twigs from which the 

 fruit is pulled having a strong turpentine smell. 



These are all the kinds usually to be found, of course there are some 

 others that are grown in gardens that have fancy names, but seem to 

 be only wild mangoes transformed by cultivation, and of one or other 

 of the sorts named above The commonest of all is the Stringy or 

 Long Point. 



As to the season, I have found from careful observation that in this 

 district mangoes bear once in 1 8 months, one year in June or July, 

 the next in December, of course the weather conditions may make a 

 difference of a month in bearing, but these are the usual seasons, July 

 and December. Sometimes there may be a crop in July and another 

 in December of the same year, but not from the same trees, and if there 

 is a heavy crop at one time there may be no crop at all or a very small 

 one the next period. I have seen trees bear once in twelve months, 

 but after unusually good weather conditions, the usual period is once 

 in 18 months. 



The mango season usuilly lasts two months, but is variable accord- 

 ing to the weather The average altitude of the district is about 350 

 feet, but the best mangoes grow a little higher, say at 600 to S00 feet, 

 the commoner kinds seeming to thrive better at the lower levels. 



Mango trees generally blossom and bear heavily in seasons of great 

 drought, not as a rule giving much of a crop in a seasonable year. 

 Hence the negro saying that a heavy mango blossoming means hard 

 times. 



From Mr. Dermot O. Kelly- Lawson, Hampden Estate, Hampden. 



No. 1 1, is our best mango, then in order of merit, come, Black or 

 Sugar mango. Round Point of which there are several sorts, then Long 

 Point, called Hog mango, Turpentine, and a small mango called 

 Guinea Chick. 



The Queen of Spain's Yalley which is my district has an altitude of 

 about 600 feet. Temperature averages in shade about 82 to 85 Faren- 

 heit during the day, 75 to 80 at night and early morning, that is at 



