Mangoes seldom come to the United States in good condition. In countries where grafted mangoes can be obtained fresh and ripe they are certainly the most luscious of fruits. It is said by the natives of mango countries that if you take a piece of skin the size of an ordinary silver ten-cent piece and masticate it thoroughly and swallow it, before eating the mango, they will never produce diarrhoea. I think, however, that diarrhoea is caused by eating underripe or stale fruit.