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titles of mangos. I will not attempt to 
enumerate further the isolated localities 
where mangos may be ;.^.rcwn. To a 
large extent this will have to be deter¬ 
mined by actual experiments. In a gen¬ 
eral way we may say, however, that 
wherever citrus fruits may hang on the 
tree all the winter and never become frost¬ 
ed it will be possible to grow the mango. 
This definition for a region in which 
mangos can be grown should not be taken 
too strictly as we know that under cer¬ 
tain peculiar conditions a few citrus fruits 
pass winter in orchards where the greater 
bulk of the fruit is frosted. 
We are hopefully looking forward this 
year to the fruiting of Alphonse mangos. 
This variety is said to be very much bet¬ 
ter than the mulgoba. To us who have 
eaten the mulgoba, however, this sounds 
like sweetening honey or perfuming the 
rose. 
MANGO RACES. 
The mango, so far as I have examin¬ 
ed the fruits critically, seem to group 
themselves into the following races: ist. 
The Number Eleven; 2nd, The Pineapple; 
3rd, The Manilla; 4th, The Apricot-Ap¬ 
ple : and 5th, The Bombay. 
First. The Number Eleven group, 
which is composed of seedlings running 
to well-marked varieties, is early ripen¬ 
ing, flat fruit, and long tapering fruit, 
weak fibre, but profuse; color, pinkish 
or reddish. Tree tall upright growing. 
The leaves medium smooth and veining 
not prominent. Stigmatic area even. 
Skin medium and not tough. 
Second. The Pineapple group, is early 
ripening. Leaves medium, smooth and 
veining not prominent. Stigmatic area 
prominent early ripening. The fruit 
medium size, tapering to obtuse point at 
stigmatic area; fibres medium, profuse; 
color light orange with strawberry cheeks; 
skin medium and rather strong. 
Third. The Manila, which is said to 
be the same as the Philippine of Cuba, 
ripens early; flat fruit; tapering; long; 
fibres very weak and scanty. Color, lem¬ 
on or a little darker. It ripens about the 
same time as the pineapple, and many hy¬ 
brids, and all intergradations were seen, 
but the two types are very distinct. Skin 
very thin but tough. 
Fourth. The Apple-apricot group con¬ 
tains a number of named varieties. The 
tree is of a low, spreading growth. 
Leaves rather short. Fruit ripens late. 
Very full at side. Very short. Stigmatic 
area well up on ventral side. Color uni¬ 
form yellow ; between orange and lemon. 
Fibres very coarse and strong, though 
scattered. Skin thick and tough. 
Fifth. Bombay, including mulgoba. 
Late ripening; fruit short for its diame¬ 
ter; sides very full; stigmatic surface 
well up on ventral surface; frequently 
grooved along lower portion of ventral 
surface; fibres scant and very weak; con¬ 
fined mostly to ventral and dorsal sides; 
skin very thick; not leathery; ground 
color, green turning to yellow with rosy 
cheek. The tree is a vigorous grower 
and is between upright and spreading, 
and the leaves are rather small and rigid 
with the veins prominent. 
AVOCADOS. 
For a money crop in the sub-tropical 
region of Florida, this has a very prom¬ 
ising outlook. During the last five 
years a very great amount of work 
has been done in systematizing the vari¬ 
eties and in working up the methods of 
propagation. In connection with this 
work, I may be allowed to say that among 
