. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 84 THK A(ilUCULTUlJAL NEWS. July WEST INDIAN FRUIT. PACKING ORANGES. At the West Indian Asfricultural ("ont'iTcncc hcl'l in I!K)(), Mr. Hart, thf Sui>fiintcn(lciit of the Knyal liotanie Cianlons, 'I'linidail, read a j)a]K'r on 'the Pack- ing and Transport of plants, fruits and seeds' ( 11 fv? Iii arc us UndfV as e/j'js anoos. Select the tree whicli liears the largest nus, construct rough but level stages of ditferent hcijlhts around the tii'c ; draw some of the main branches down to the stages with w
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 84 THK A(ilUCULTUlJAL NEWS. July WEST INDIAN FRUIT. PACKING ORANGES. At the West Indian Asfricultural ("ont'iTcncc hcl'l in I!K)(), Mr. Hart, thf Sui>fiintcn(lciit of the Knyal liotanie Cianlons, 'I'linidail, read a j)a]K'r on 'the Pack- ing and Transport of plants, fruits and seeds' ( 11 fv? Iii arc us UndfV as e/j'js anoos. Select the tree whicli liears the largest nus, construct rough but level stages of ditferent hcijlhts around the tii'c ; draw some of the main branches down to the stages with wire attai'lieil to pegs driven into the grounil, moss er <loth under the wire to )aevent its cutting the bark of the lirjim-li. Till' stningest only of the shoots should lie used as .scions. Cut a thin .slice of the bark from the siilc of the seidling stock taking care to cut through the caniUinm, this cut to be aliout "J inches long and about 1 inches froiu the base of the plant. .Make a corresponding cut in the side of BANANA DISEASE IN EGYPT. In the A(jri<iilt(ir<il AVr'.s of April , last, () reference is made to a disease of bananas in Kgvpt. The variety chieHy ctiltivated there is similar to the ("anarv , viz., the welbknown Chinese or dwarf banana, also common in the West Indies. The disease is apparently cjxused by nematode \ attacking the roots. Similar worms { H etc role r<i) attack the sugar bi'et. cotton, cow-pea, coffee and many other ctdtivatod plants. Further, tin' banana in Fiji, New .South Wales and Queensland is afi'cjted by pests. So f:ir a banana with nematodes not seem to have been noticed in tlic West Indies. liowevi'r the cultivation of bananas over large are;us been undertaken in Jamaica and may be carried on in other islands, i)ests which may have been present for years are not uidikely to make themselves felt undi'r the new c^onditioiis. Conseipie
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