. The Cuba review and bulletin. ly char-acterized those engaged in the industryeverywhere. In doing this, however, theyare liable, by importations of new canes, tobring into the country insect pests which,finding a suitable habitat in Cuba, may de-velop so enormously as to eflfect very gen-eral injury. foreign market opening for oranges. Consul Chapman Coleman, of Roubaix,France, calls attention to a prospective mar-ket for citrus fruit there. He says Amer-ican oranges are not in evidence in themarkets and, it would seem, should findready sale at seasons when oranges ofFrench and other Europea
. The Cuba review and bulletin. ly char-acterized those engaged in the industryeverywhere. In doing this, however, theyare liable, by importations of new canes, tobring into the country insect pests which,finding a suitable habitat in Cuba, may de-velop so enormously as to eflfect very gen-eral injury. foreign market opening for oranges. Consul Chapman Coleman, of Roubaix,France, calls attention to a prospective mar-ket for citrus fruit there. He says Amer-ican oranges are not in evidence in themarkets and, it would seem, should findready sale at seasons when oranges ofFrench and other European origin have notyet matured. No oranges are marketedhere in the summer and autumn. With thebeginning of winter they first appear, butare sour and of poor quality, generally, andnot until March are good ones to be opportune time for the sale here oforanges would be during the six monthsfrom September to March; providing thatthe fruit can be gotten here in good condi-tion, and that it is oflfered for sale at afair The beginnings of an Orange prlnciplos de nn naranjal. THE CUBx\ REVIEW And Bulletin. 23 General Dotes THROUGH THE ISLAND. OSTRICH FARM IN MARIANAO. The Cuban Ostrich Company, [ & Barbour, proprietors, are active-ly at work at ^larianao. Both members ofthe firm have been in the business in theStates in Arizona. The firm has a lease upon about 27 acresof land at Marianao. Later they intendto buy a large place in the country for amain ranch, the place at Marianao to beretained for their show farm and breedingplace. The farm is being divided into pensand the birds paired off for breeding pur-poses. One pair of the birds will havefour nests of eggs a year and each nestwill be of from twelve to eighteen eggs,the eggs being laid one every other eggs will all be hatched in incubatorsat a temperature of from 100 to 102 75% of the eggs will hatch, whichis somewhat more than the birds will hatchnaturally. When the bir
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