. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. June 10, FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES. NEW MANGOES FOR THE WEST INDIES. During last year, efforts were resumed on the part of this Department for tlie purpose of obtaining the best varieties of mangoes from India for pro])agation in the West Indies. With this object, the Inspector (Jeneral of Agricul- ture in India was approached, and this officer subsequently communicated with Mr. A. Howard, , , ,, then Imperial Economic r)Otanist at Pusa, who was in charge of the fruit
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. June 10, FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES. NEW MANGOES FOR THE WEST INDIES. During last year, efforts were resumed on the part of this Department for tlie purpose of obtaining the best varieties of mangoes from India for pro])agation in the West Indies. With this object, the Inspector (Jeneral of Agricul- ture in India was approached, and this officer subsequently communicated with Mr. A. Howard, , , ,, then Imperial Economic r)Otanist at Pusa, who was in charge of the fruit experiments at that place, with the request that he would select good varieties. Mr. Howard was not, however, in of the required number of mango plants, so that it was suggested by the former officer that communication should be made with the Su])erintendent of the Eoyal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, with a view to the pro- vision of the mangoes from this source. (Subsequently, arrangements have been made at this Garden for the ship- ment of twelve grafted mango plants for propagation in Dominica, the following kinds being included; , Langra, Kheershapottee and lihadoorea. In the meantime. Dr. H. A. A. Nicholls, , of Dominica, has obtained several grafted mango plants from Bombay, through Sir Evan James, Most of these were dead when they reached Dominica; the others were placed in the care of Mr. J. Jones, Curator of the Botanic Station, Dominica, through whose efforts they were saved and brought into a state of vigorous growth. The plants include two of the xVlphonse, one of the Damaria and one of the I'airi variety. The two first-mentioned were retained, to be grown at St. Aroment, by Dr. Nicholls. The others have, however, been very kindly presented by him to the Botanic (Jardens, v?ith the condition that he should be su|)plicd with plants from the first grafts taken from them. Thus, through the public-spirited action of Dr. Nicholls, Dominica
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