Excerpt from The Mango in Porto Rico This impression formed in the minds Of the novelty-loving public will doubtless be difficult to dispel; but if really good mangoes could be placed in the markets their increase in popular favor would be certain and the growing Of mangoes might become a profitable pursuit. In Spite of the fact that in all mango-producing countries the natives consider the fruit wholesome and perfectly safe, prejudice against it exists among some military Officials and others, who condemn the fruit as positively dangerous. During the Spanish war this prejudice was SO strong that the soldiers in Porto Rico were prohibited from eating the mango, and many beautiful trees were cut down. This unjust prejudice probably arose from; eating the fruit when unripe, in which state, like most other fruits, it is unwholesome. Soldiers, hungry for fresh fruit and quite unfamiliar with the mango, might easily mistake the green for the ripe, especially as in Porto Rico some of the varieties when ripe still remain green in color. All varieties become mellow when ripe, however, and if eaten in that condition can not but be wholesome. It is commonly believed in Porto Rico that the mango and rum should never be partaken at the same time. This again probably applies to the green fruit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.