. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 164 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. May 21, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. CITRUS FRUIT AND PINE-APPLES IN JAMAICA. In his rojiort to tlie Trinidad Agricultural Society on the Fruit Industry oi' Jamaica, Mr. W. E. Suiitli makes the following reference to the trade in fruit other than bananas :— Oranges, grape fruit and pines figure in no insignificant degree in the total value of their exports. During last year they .shipped nearly 71,000,000 oranges (equal to 180,000 barrels), 8,011 packages of grape fruit and 8,220 of
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 164 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. May 21, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. CITRUS FRUIT AND PINE-APPLES IN JAMAICA. In his rojiort to tlie Trinidad Agricultural Society on the Fruit Industry oi' Jamaica, Mr. W. E. Suiitli makes the following reference to the trade in fruit other than bananas :— Oranges, grape fruit and pines figure in no insignificant degree in the total value of their exports. During last year they .shipped nearly 71,000,000 oranges (equal to 180,000 barrels), 8,011 packages of grape fruit and 8,220 of Junes. The Jamaica jiossess a very fine texture and exquisite Havour, hut they are in iny opinion inferior in size and appearance to those ordinarily grown here, while the best of our varieties would be hard to beat anywhere. The greater jiroportion is sent to the States, but of late years considerable quantities have been put on the English market, and found much favour there. Notwithstanding a protective duty of .^ToO per 70 11"). gross in the States, it seems that the •Jamaica growers can still make a |a-ofit out of oranges .so long as the Florida and Califoriua fruit is not in season. It is to the English markets that the buyers are at looking, but the general complaint is want of more freipient shiiniing facilities than are atforded by the fortnightly service to Bristol by the Imperial Direct Line. The large buyers of oranges pay from l. about .SO degrees .solution, using from 11 to 20 lb, of sugai to 1 cwt. of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Great Britain. Imperial Dept. of Agriculture for the West Indies. Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;
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