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careful not to pack them in large packages. The refrigeration can 
be more prolonged in the case of the mango than in the case of 
the avocados. The mango can be kept for at least six weeks 
safely. The market demands for mangoes are nil. There are no 
demands. In San Francisco where the fruit comes in spasmodi- 
cally from Tahiti and from Mexico, the sale is a fairly ready one, 
rather slow, but the supply is not constant, and the supply being 
inconstant, there is no constant demand, for that is a principle in 
all fruit marketing; a constant demand presupposes a constant 
supply. The mango weevil is perhaps our greatest enemy at the 
present time, our greatest obstacle in the way of a mango snip- 
ing industry. We have the mangoes, we have the varieties and 
we know we can grow them. We know also that such fruit can 
be sold, though there is no market now or a very limited one, 
but a market for such fruit as the mango can be created. But 
the mango weevil is present here, as you know. The larva 
hatches in the egg in the seed and because it is in the seed you 
cannot examine the exterior of the fruit and know whether you 
have the mango weevil or not, and hence the inspectors on the 
mainland feel that it is a very important thing that they should 
see that the mango weevil does not get into California and thence 
into the whole United States. It is not yet determined whether 
the mango weevil will affect other fruits than mango or not. I 
believe the entomologists tell us that it has not been reported upon 
any other fruit or plant than the mango. Yet careful men wish 
to avoid all chances, and we will have to expect that our fruits 
will be carefully examined when they reach San Francisco, and 
if they are infested with the weevil, they will be turned down. 
THE PAPAIA. 
The picking of the papaia for the San Francisco or for any ship- 
ping market, should be done when the faintest thinges of yellow 
appear. As in the case of the avocado, it should be picked as 
nearly as possible to the time of the sailing of the ship. In pick- 
ing the papaia the stem should be cut about an inch or an inch 
and a half long. Here there is opportunity for some latitude as 
the length of the stem may be varied slightly to facilitate the 
packing of the fruit. This crate (indicating) is adapted to the 
packing of the smaller papaias of the long type. If the papaia 
does not just fit here in its length, you can make some slight dif- 
ferences in the cutting, cut the stem half an inch longer or half an 
inch shorter and this crate accommodates them. The papaia 
should be handled with care also. The wrapping should be done 
with rather heavy paper and it is preferable to have it glazed, be- 
cause if any fruit begins to decay or to get soft, an unglazed 
paper will allow the moisture to pass through to the adjoining 
fruit more quickly than the glazed paper will. The shipping must 
of necessity be in refrigeration. Ventilation alone is again out 
