In Jamaica it's now mango season...with it come flies - says the locals. Here you'll see Corridous pick one off the tree with a long bamboo, then the CUA student's devouring them as quick as we can pick them! 
The mango is native to southern Asia, especially Burma and
eastern India. It spread early on to Malaya, eastern Asia and eastern Africa. Mangos were introduced to California (Santa Barbara) in 1880. The mango exists in two races, one from India and the other from the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The Indian race is intolerant of humidity, has flushes of bright red new growth that are subject to mildew, and bears monoembryonic fruit of high color and regular form. The Philippine race tolerates excess moisture, has pale green or red new growth and resists mildew. Its polyembryonic fruit is pale green and elongated kidney-shaped. Philippines types from Mexico have proven to be the hardiest mangos in California. 
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