Mango farmer Paul Joseph Merize — who eagerly shook Bush's hand Tuesday at the Port-au-Prince warehouse — is convinced that mangoes can lift the Haitian economy.

Reporting from Saut d'Eau, Haiti — — A mango trapper muscles his way high up the tree, then stops on a branch. Spotting a hanging fruit, he pushes his homemade picking pole forward ...

LET'S DO BUSINESS WITH HAITIAN FARMERS: Haitian-American importer Yvans Morisseau (left) with business partner Maly Sebastien Paul (right) unloading Haitian mangoes at their Horizon Vert warehouse ...

Launched as a part of the Edible series (published by Pan Macmillan), the book traces the fruit’s history, its cultural ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Former President George W. Bush ambled into a steamy, fragrant mango warehouse in Haiti on Tuesday and surveyed several long tables neatly packed with the luscious fruit ...

In Haiti, the mango is a symbol of both the country's potential, and its dysfunction. There are 10 million mango trees in Haiti, and tens of thousands of mango farmers scattered about the country.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Former President George W. Bush ambled into a steamy, fragrant mango warehouse in Haiti on Tuesday and surveyed several long tables neatly packed with the luscious fruit.

In Haiti, the mango is a symbol of both the country's potential, and its dysfunction. There are 10 million mango trees in Haiti, and tens of thousands of mango farmers scattered about the country.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Former President George W. Bush ambled into a steamy, fragrant mango warehouse in Haiti on Tuesday and surveyed several long tables neatly packed with the luscious fruit.

Exporting the superb Madame Francique mango should be a key part of Haiti’s economy. But so many are damaged in transit that the opportunity is lost.