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8. Kidney. 



9. Turpentine 



10. Yam. 



11. Beef or Flatside. 



I agree more with Levi's selection than Headlam's placing. 

 1st class No. 11 and Cowstone (both scarce) 



2nd " Hairy, Black Yam (the first two are our commonest 'kinds) 

 Lowest " Flatside or Beef (common) 



I do not know at all Grandy, Supporter, Turpentine, Ho*, Grand- 

 father, and I am too slightly acquainted with Kidney, Parrot, Duok- 

 anoo, to offer an opinion on their merits. 



Mangoes are so much better eaten out of doors, that no test of 

 merit is valid unless comparison is made between kinds all eiten out 

 of doors or all eaten indoors. 



Then kinds of the same name vary; Levi calls Supporter a rather 

 improved kind of 3airy, which is quite different to Heailam's Supporter. 

 Colour again varies much according to greater or less exposure to sun. 

 From Mr. L. Tate, Shaftston, Blue-fields. 



My district is a very poor one for good mangoes ; there are a great 

 many varieties grown, but all of the common sorts, and as a rule they 

 are very much troubled by worms. The finest mangoes grown in the 

 district is a variety of Pearl mango, it is of fine size, wit a a beautiful 

 red and yellow bloom, not very rich, but with thick flesh ; the tree is 

 on Mount Edgecombe, the property of the Hon. 0. B Viekers, who 

 has also on the same property an East Indian variety grown from 

 a plant procured (as I understand) from His Excellency cSir John Peter 

 Grant, when Governor of the island. Beyond these two varieties and 

 the several varieties that I procured from Hope, some of which have 

 fruited this year for the first time, we have the Common or Bunchy 

 mango, which is a very coarse variety and full of fibre. 



The "Dunkeld" or "Gre3ngage" which I think is the same descrip- 

 tion known in some parts as the " Black mango," a very delicate and 

 delicious little mango, to be enjoyed must be eaten the same day it is 

 taken off the tree. 



The Long or Kidney mango of fair size, flesh very rich and creamy 

 but in nine cases out of ten it is wormy, and is consequently not ap- 

 preciated. 



The Bees box mango of fair size with plenty of flesh and fine look- 

 ing, but absolutely without flavour. 

 The M ammee or Yam mango. 



There are one or two other varieties which I occasionally meet with 

 but do not know their names, but they are not of any special fine 

 quality. The mangoes are produced from the flat by the sea shore 

 quite to the tops of the mountains. This property is about five hun- 

 dred feet above the level of the sea, and the rainfall is fairly good. 

 I have now growing several varieties of your East Indian mango, 

 grafted plants as well as seedling plants of different varieties that I 

 obtained from different places. The Mango season starts in June and 

 continue for about two and a half months. The rainfall on this pro- 

 perty fur the past two years is as follows : — 



1899 .... 134 inches, 42 parts 



1900 ... 69 " 4 « 



