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LXVI. An Account of Two Varieties of the Mango Fruit, 

 which ripened in the Garden of the Earl of Powis, at 

 Walcot Hall, in Shropshire. By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 

 F. R. S. $c. $c. Secretary. 



Read November 21, 1826. 



It is with great satisfaction that I have to address the 

 Society upon the subject of the Mangoes which have lately 

 been communicated to us by the Earl of Powis. The having 

 succeeded in shewing that this delicious fruit may be pro- 

 cured under artificial management in Great Britain, and in 

 sufficient abundance to form a not unfrequent part of the 

 dessert, is so important a circumstance, that I feel called 

 upon to acquaint the public, as speedily as possible, with 

 the result of this very signal triumph of skill, and persever- 

 ance over difficulties, which have been hitherto considered 

 insurmountable. 



The Mango is well known to all travellers who have 

 visited the tropical parts of the world, as being by far the 

 best fruit which is generally produced in those regions, and 

 as that which is uniformly the most grateful to an European 

 palate. In such climates it is cultivated wherever the arts 

 of civilization have penetrated ; and it may there be said to 

 hold the same station, among other fruit trees, as the Apple 

 possesses in these more northern regions. Like the Apple, 

 the number of varieties raised from seed of the Mango, is 

 also very great ; and of these, while some possess the highest 



