20685: Antoine: Re: 20661: Kathleen: swweet mangos (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Guy S. Antoine <webmaster@haitiforever.com>

I had not heard of "Josephines" before.  However, here's a list
of 154 Haitian mango varieties compiled in "Agroculture,
Vol. 1, #6, Ministry of Agriculture".

Note that a few of them have quite imaginatively named! I
will either translate or comment on a select few, at the end
of the list.  Here goes:

mango anjelik
mango abityela
mango abriko dlo
mango akòdò
mango ameli
mango answa
mango aryèl
mango aselwi
mango badyo
mango bata
mango batis
mango bèf
mango blan
mango ble
mango bonbe
mango bonbon
mango bonkira
mango bosye
mango bourik
mango chalè
mango chèl
mango chilpiti
mango datis
mango dega
mango di
mango difonsèl
mango disèl
mango dite
mango dlo
mango dòf
mango dosou
mango doudous
mango dyonn long
mango dyonn won
mango fal fanm
mango fanm blanch
mango fil
mango gèp
mango gra
mango grenn bèf
mango grenn si
mango grenn toutou
mango jan mari
mango jèn jan gwo po
mango jeremi
mango jili
mango kachiman
mango kadril
mango kafe
mango kakadyab
mango kakapoul
mango kakòn
mango kalite
mango kan nan pwen
mango kanèl
mango kanf
mango kawòt
mango kay
mango klins
mango kòdòk
mango kolèt
mango kòn
mango koton
mango kou boutèy
mango kountedi
mango kowòsol
mango labèl d Ayiti
mango labich
mango lakansyèl
mango lakolo
mango lanmidon
mango lanni
mango lapolis
mango lasann
mango lèt
mango madan fransik
mango madan jan
mango magarèt
mango manchèt
mango manmye
mango mari wòz
mango menvil
mango mesye fransik
mango mi wòz
mango mikaèl
mango miska
mango miss
mango monben
mango moulat
mango mwèl
mango nèt
mango nimewo 11
mango pa tout dyòl
mango pak
mango palmès
mango panyòl
mango paskal
mango pè
mango penn sik
mango pit
mango po fen
mango po rèd
mango porye
mango potas
mango pozepapye
mango prin
mango remonsin
mango sann
mango sen michèl
mango sik
mango simon
mango sirèt
mango tèmantin
mango tete ti fi
mango tete
mango tèton
mango ti bèk
mango ti bilon
mango ti blak
mango ti bòzò
mango ti bwason
mango ti eme
mango ti fi
mango ti glise
mango ti klo
mango ti koyo
mango ti lodat
mango ti long
mango ti loran
mango ti michèl
mango ti po rèd
mango ti pwav
mango ti sik
mango ti sya
mango ti wòz
mango tibwa
mango tioubèf
mango toutou
mango twò dous
mango vedin
mango vouzèt
mango vyann
mango vyolèt
mango wozali
mango yanm
mango yaya
mango yil
mango zabriko
mango ze kodenn
mango ze
mango zege
mango zès
mango zilat
mango zonzon

mango abityela (usually there)
mango bonkira (no doubt from a Jacmel peristyle)
mango dyonn long (say what?)
mango fal fanm (why go there?)
mango fanm blanch (white woman)
mango grenn bèf (no comment)
mango grenn toutou (don't go there)
mango jèn jan gwo po (hmm...)
mango kakadyab (list member?)
mango kakapoul (never tried it, never will)
mango kan nan pwen (when there is none)
mango kou boutèy (bottle neck, PAP traffic)
mango kachiman (sweet sop)
mango kowòsol  (sour sop)
mango lakansyèl (rainbow, for Jesse?)
mango lapolis (police, no "mango lame")
mango madan fransik (Mrs. Francis)
mango mesye fransik (Mr. Francis)
(never thought of differentiating the sexes before)
mango nimewo 11 (number 11?)
mango pa tout dyòl (how would you translate, Greg?)
mango tete ti fi (no comment)
mango vouzèt (that you are, for sure)
mango ze kodenn (turkey egg, make sure it's an egg)
mango kafe + mango sik (like Romeo and Juliette)
mango tòtòt (actually not on the list, because I ate them all).