A friend of mine living outside, Alex Neptune, recently sent me a photo of the Caribbean fruits and vegetables he grows in his backyard in New York and remarked on the number of fruits we have in the region, and that we appear to have lost some. Alex’s note reminded me of my DeSouza cousins from Carmichael Street who used to visit us at Hague when I was a youngster and raided every fruit tree in sight.
It may be a reflection of the strong place of agriculture in Guyana, but most of the fruits I remember chasing as a young “West Coast bai” are still around if you look. The more popular ones (paw paw, guava, mango, watermelon, banana, etc)
