. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL ^'EWS. January 6, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. PINE-APPLES IN THE BAHAMAS. The t'oUowiiig information relative to tlie pine- apple industi-y in the Bahamas is extracted from the Annual Report on the colony for 1904-5 :— The piiie-apple crop this year is good, and the fruit of good size, but there has been a falling off in recent years which has caused anxiety, and it is universally acknowledged that sonictliing must be done to improve the cultivation of the fruit and methods of planting, and to ascert
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL ^'EWS. January 6, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. PINE-APPLES IN THE BAHAMAS. The t'oUowiiig information relative to tlie pine- apple industi-y in the Bahamas is extracted from the Annual Report on the colony for 1904-5 :— The piiie-apple crop this year is good, and the fruit of good size, but there has been a falling off in recent years which has caused anxiety, and it is universally acknowledged that sonictliing must be done to improve the cultivation of the fruit and methods of planting, and to ascertain wliat fertilizers are most wanted. Great hopes are entertained that the pine-3,piile industry may be saved with the aid of scientific methods, especially since the canning industry has so largely superseded the export of raw fruit, and the fruit is reckoned superior to that of other countries for the purpose of packing and tinning. Pine-apple canning is taking the place of the export of fruit, and the Nassau factory of the J. S. Johnson Co. exported 47,973 cases, consuming 15,329 dozen pine-ainiles, and giving employment to 300 persons weekly. At Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera, the canning factory worked for forty days, and filled 22, cases, consuming 10,000 dozen pine; apples, and giving employment to 1-50 persons daily. WEST INDIAN LIMES. The following note appeared in the West Indhi Committee Circular, of December 8, 1905 :— A feature of the exhibition of colonial fruit's, to which reference is made on another page, was the display of West Indian limes, and cards bearing the following inscription in bold type were placed about the West Indian section : — ' For all purposes for which lemons are now used. West Indian limes are infinitely sui)erior. The delicacy of flavour, aroma, and juiciness of West Indian limes are such as to make them instantly preferred by those who have used limes and lemons. Moreover, AVest Indian liines come from our colonies and the bulk
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