. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 52 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS, February 12, 1916. FRUIT. now MANGOES MAY BE CLASSIFIED. The chautic coiRlitioii of mango elassiticatiou in India has led to the publication of a note on the subject by Dr. W. Burns and Mr. 8. H. Pryag, of the Department of Agriculture, Bombay, in the Ayrirxdtural Journal of Indin, Vol. X, Part IV, October 191.^. The characters of the fruit. Fic 1. Left shoulder 2_ Basal cavity. 4. Sinus. ."J. Beak. (5. Apex. While this is artifi- s a practical purpose, 6. .3. Right shouhler. are take
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 52 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS, February 12, 1916. FRUIT. now MANGOES MAY BE CLASSIFIED. The chautic coiRlitioii of mango elassiticatiou in India has led to the publication of a note on the subject by Dr. W. Burns and Mr. 8. H. Pryag, of the Department of Agriculture, Bombay, in the Ayrirxdtural Journal of Indin, Vol. X, Part IV, October 191.^. The characters of the fruit. Fic 1. Left shoulder 2_ Basal cavity. 4. Sinus. ."J. Beak. (5. Apex. While this is artifi- s a practical purpose, 6. .3. Right shouhler. are taken as the basis of classification. readth (axis at right angles to length and parallel to plain in which the mango fruit is lying), and thickness (axis at right angles to breadth and vertical to surface on which the fruit is lying). The parts mentioned in any such description are shown in the accompanying diagram. In addition to size and three dimensions, weight, colour, surface and the nature, closeness and distribution of the small dots on the skin may be mentioned. After the fruit is cut, the Hesh should be described as to taste, colour and stringiness, the skin as to thickness, and the stone as to size, weight, fibre and markings. If we desired to make a world-wide classification, we should make territorial classes embodying the Indian, West; Indian, Cuban, l-'hilippine, etc., mangoes: these could again be grouped under the two great heads of monoembryouic and polyembryonic. So far only monoembryouic mangoes are known in India. PLANT BREEDING IN CUBA. Messrs. F. S. Earle ami Wilson Popenoe contribute aa article of much inlevest to West Indian horticulturists to the Journal, of Heredity for December 191"). It shows the rich opportunities that exist in Cuba and the West Indies generally for plant breeders, especially growers of fruit; and it indicates the attempts that should be made to take advan- tage of these natural resources. After referring to the work that has been
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