. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. HS THE AGRICULTURAL ^'E^YS. ifAY 20, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. BANANAS IN GREAT BRITAIN. Thu riiitwl States in LivoipoMl reports as follows on the increasintjf trade in bananas in the United Kingdom:— Attention has been drawn .several times in these reports to the growing taste of the iiritish iieo[ile for bananas. A few years ago they were almost unknown in this market, but now they arc about as plentiful and cheap as in the United States. This is a fact in which Liverpool tal;cs much pride, as the trade
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. HS THE AGRICULTURAL ^'E^YS. ifAY 20, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. BANANAS IN GREAT BRITAIN. Thu riiitwl States in LivoipoMl reports as follows on the increasintjf trade in bananas in the United Kingdom:— Attention has been drawn .several times in these reports to the growing taste of the iiritish iieo[ile for bananas. A few years ago they were almost unknown in this market, but now they arc about as plentiful and cheap as in the United States. This is a fact in which Liverpool tal;cs much pride, as the trade is owing altogether to the cuter- jirise of a Liverpool shipper, and the trade is still distinctly a Liverpool one. Last year the total value of the banana importations was $5,984,445. The Canary Islands have by far the biggest jiart of this trade, the value of last year's shipments being .$4,544,570. Great endeavours have been made to increase the sale of Jamaica bananas, but the amount imported is only that of the fruit from the Canaries. The latter fruit is .smaller than the .Jamaican banana, but the flavour is much liner and the bananas get liere in better condition. (.'!) The China banana jH'ojects at right angles from the bunch. The Hluetields slopes upward and backward, along the stem, packing closer and being less liable to injury than the China. The Department of Agriculture despatched a special agent to secure [ilauts, and 3l'5 banana stumps were received in .January 1904. Of these 110 survived and grew. These have been propagated at the station (iroducing 275 shoots; of these have been sent to Hilo, and are being used to iimpagate suckers. BLUEFIELDS BANANAS. The Board of Coniniissioners of Agriculture of Hawaii has been engaged in introdneing the ' Blue- fields' banana into Hawaii. Tlic lijllowing description of this banana is given in a recent report:— The IJluefields liauana, so called by reason of Blueficlils being the princiiial port fro
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