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mens examined, and an exceedingly hard, woody endocarp. 
In season this type agrees with Ckino being early to mid- 
season in ripening. While somewhat more fibrous than the 
best Indian Varieties grown in Florida, it is far above 
the average Cuban seedling in quality and freedom from 
fiber, and is here considered a very choice mango. The 
trees appear to be productive. For trial in south Flori- 
da." (Popenoe.) 40921. "Clenfuegos. Mango Chino. This is 
one of the largest and best seedling types in Cuba., In 
general tormChinols, broadly cordate, plump, usually some- 
what oblique at the base and rounded at the apex. It 
weighs 10 to 16 ounces. The stem is inserted in a shal- 
low, somewhat irregular cavity. The surface is smooth, 
greenish yellow to dull cream yellow in color, overspread 
or blushed around the base with carmine. The skin is very 
thick and tough, making the fruit an excellent shipper. 
The flesh is deep yellow in color, orange yellow toward 
the seed, of very firm and meaty texture, juicy, and with 
a very faint but pleasant aroma. The fiber is more abun- 
dant than in our best India varieties but much less so 
than in the average Cuban seedling; it is long at the 
ventral edge of the seed, but comparatively short else- 
where. The flavor is rich,- spicy, and very pleasant, the 
seed oval, rather thin, and not objectionably large. It 
usually contains four to six embryos. Chino is rather 
early in season, and the trees seem to be productive." 
(Popenoe.) 40983. "Santiago de Cuba. Biscochuelo mango. This 
is probably the best type of mango grown in the. vicinity 
of Santiago de Cuba, and excepting the Filipino, one of the 
very best in the Island. It is quite common here, and 
very abundant on the markets, where the fruits are sold at 
$2 per hundred. Biscochuelo is a fruit of rather unique 
form differing from all others I have seen in Cuba. It Is 
oval to subreniform, decidedly oblique, the left shoulder 
rounded to very broad and marked by a deep suture which 
extends some distance down the Ventral side of the fruit, 
the right shoulder usually falling abruptly. The apex is 
rather sharp and sometimes almost beaked. In cross sec- 
tion the fruit is broadly oval. The weight is from eight 
to 14 ounces. The general color, when the fruit is fully 
ripe, is clear light orange, but as seen in the market 
they are frequently tinged with green. The skin is thick 
and tough, the flesh bright orange^yellow, firm and meaty, 
with a faint but pleasant aroma and very, little fiber for 
a seedling type. The flavor is sweet even when the fruit 
Is still quite hard, and when fully ripe it Is very pleas- 
ant. The seed is renlform in outline, with long fiber on 
the ventral edge and short stiff fibers elsewhere, the em- 
