Last May, we told you about our mango tree project and how we continually graft many new mango trees so that we can have good fruit to harvest during most months of the year. This week, Wilner and his staff are excited to see the mango trees we planted 7 and 8 years ago from seedlings beginning to show their “inflorescence” as they make new fruit for harvest in 3-4 months.

Wilner takes seeds from good fruit and germinates them to be the hardy root stock for new grafted trees. Then, he grafts new growth from trees of known superior varieties and makes the young, grafted trees that are then raised and nurtured in our shade houses. After a few years, the new trees are moved from our edible tree nursery into their places in the gardens and orchards. These pictures show the progression from seeds to grafted young trees to now growing and maturing trees in the orchards. Can you see the picture of the tree that has both mature fruit and the inflorescence of a new crop? That is an extra blessing to get multiple crops in one year.

Thank you for supporting our Sustainability Programs and the Agricultural Training Center (ATC), where we are demonstrating ways that any Haitian family can have a better life through sustainable gardening. Your faithful support is a gift that gives for generations to come. God bless you.

Rad Hazelip, Assistant Executive Director