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of better quality. Nearly or quite all of 
the original trees were produced from the 
wild jungle seedlings and were known as 
the turpentine mango. They were of va¬ 
rious sizes, colors and shapes, the large 
flat seed encased with a mass of fiber, 
making the eating process a most dis¬ 
agreeable one, yet the jungle mango is a 
most delicious and palatable fruit. The 
writer has never yet tasted a poor mango 
and when the proper method of prepar¬ 
ing the jungle mango for table use is fol¬ 
lowed, it is highly prized. For fear we may 
forget, we will give the method used' in 
preparation for the table in our home. 
Peel the fruit, and then with a sharp, 
thin knife slice the mango very thin, 
sprinkle with sugar and place in the re¬ 
frigerator for two hours before serving. 
Great luscious Crawford peaches sink in¬ 
to significance beside a dish of mangoes 
prepared in this manner. The new comers 
to this southern section soon become as 
fond of the mango as the natives. Ship¬ 
ments 'began in a small way to the north¬ 
ern markets; but it was found that the 
fibrous conditions of the fruit was a 
great detriment to it and that unless a 
variety could be produced without fiber, 
the mango would never become a pop¬ 
ular market fruit. The Agricultural De¬ 
partment at Washington, has taken a 
great -interest in securing this kind 
of fruit, without the fiber, and all mango 
countries have been scoured and rescour¬ 
ed to secure choice market varieties with¬ 
out fiber. In this the Agents of the De¬ 
partment have been highly successful. 
Among the choice varieties imported 
which have been fruited are the Bennett, 
which was introduced in 1902, from In¬ 
dia, the Gordon, from Trinidad, West In¬ 
dia, the Mulgoba introduced in 1889, the 
Sundasha, a later importation. The latter 
has been fruited in the United States 
Tropical gardens at Miami. All of these 
varieties have proven to be most excel¬ 
lent fruit, and practically fiberless. 
Among the native varieties is the Perrine, 
originated by Mr. James F. Roberts, of 
Perrine, Florida. There are a number of 
others which have been originated in this 
section, which have proven to bear fruit 
of exceptionally good quality. The orig¬ 
inal Miulgoba tree was sent to Mangonia, 
from which tree the greater portion of 
trees which are now bearing have been 
budded. 
SOIL AND CULTIVATION. 
The mango is a most hardy tree and 
flourishes on any well drained soils. At 
Mangonia, Palm Beach and other points 
in Palm Beach County the soil is light 
and sandy and whenever weather condi¬ 
tions are right the trees flourish and 
bear immense quantities of fruit and of 
splendid quality. In Dade County, where 
the soil as a whole is very rocky, the 
mango makes a phenomenal growth and 
is a heavy bearer. Budded trees are ex¬ 
pensive and the average farmers who are 
planting the budded varieties, are anxious 
to get the best possible results, giving 
the young trees extra good attention and 
fertilizer. Here is where a great mistake 
is made and it is safe to' say that the 
greater portion of budded trees that have 
been lost by the planters have been lost 
by over fertilization. Experience is teach¬ 
ing the fact that budded mango trees for 
the first few years develop more rapidly 
when they are seemingly neglected. When 
thoroughly rooted a mango enjoys high 
