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from 2,000 to 3,000 feet. The annual mean temperature is about 67 

 degrees F. Average rainfall from 90 to 100 inches. 



From Mr. W. Jekyll, Robertsfield, Port Royal Mountains. 

 Altitude 1,500-2,500 feet. 



Minimum observed indoor temperature 63 degrees F. 



Maximum " " 87 



Mid June to mid September the thick of the crop 



The first spell of heavy wet makes all the mangoes drop. 



Headlam esteems mangoes in the following order. 



1. Supporter, a single tree at Union, now dead, it was very sweet,, 

 no string, plenty juice, red, middling size, middling seed. 



2. Cowstone, green to yellow, rather large, delicious smell, hard, not 

 juicy, fine, i.e. not ropy, not fibrous (hereafter fine means flesh 

 without fibre; ropy means flesh with fibre) ; good flavour, seed moderate 

 size, thick skin. 



3. Grandy. Blue (meaning always the colour of the healthy native 

 coffee leaf) small, rather bigger than Black mango, round, very 

 good and sweet, juicy, very thin, flat sed 



4. Kidney, red, all sizes, hard skin, long, very sweet, juicy, fine, 

 plenty of meat, seed flat and long. 



5. No. 11. Very good in some places, but are liable to maggot. 



6. Duckanoo, blue, big enough, round, very sweet, enough juice, 

 fine. 



7. Yam, green and red, big and plenty of flesh, kidney shape, hard, 

 fine, fair flavour. 



8. Black, blue, round, thin, tender skin, sweet, juicy, the smallest 

 of the mangoes. 



9. Parrot, green and red, long, thick skin, very good in some 

 places, others lull of maggots, distinguished by its large and conspi- 

 cuous red nipple or lumps, hard skin, though not as hard as kidney, 

 very sweet, plenty juice, fine, plenty meat, small seed. 



10. Hairy, yellow with red cheek on the sunny side, inclining to be 

 round, thin skin, but not tender, like Black mango, good flavour, 

 juicy, moderate size (all kinds appear very variable in respect to size, 

 sometimes Black mangoes are quite big) ropy, would otherwise be ex- 

 cellent, seed rather large. 



11. Turpentine, greenish, small, long, juice plenty, sweet, strong 

 smell. 



12. Hog, thick at the stem end, tapering suddenly, very juicy and 

 not sweet, fine. 



13. Flat side or Beef, red, yellow, greenish, fine (v. definition under 

 Cowstone) coarse flavour, very large, plenty of meat. 



Funny is the name given to all other kinds. 



Levi Parkes' selection in order of merit, same district : — 



1. No. 11. 



2. Black. 



3. Cowstone. 



4. Grandy, no rope, very big and juicy. 



5. Hairy and Supporter. 



6. Grandfather, not the same as Grandy, only one tree of it on 



Stewart's land, lining at the top with mine : big tree, big fruit 



7. Parrot! J 



