. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 244 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. August 11, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. LEMON MARKET. With a view to ascertaining the possibility of establishing a trade in lemons at Dominica, an inquiiy was addressed by the Imperial Commissioner of Agri- culture to Messrs. Gillespie Bros. & Co., of New York, who have written, under date July (5, as follows :— V\'ith reference to j-onr valued favour of Jlaj' , on tlie subject of tlie culture of lemons, we have now obtained the following information : — (a) The new crop of Sicilian
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 244 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. August 11, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. LEMON MARKET. With a view to ascertaining the possibility of establishing a trade in lemons at Dominica, an inquiiy was addressed by the Imperial Commissioner of Agri- culture to Messrs. Gillespie Bros. & Co., of New York, who have written, under date July (5, as follows :— V\'ith reference to j-onr valued favour of Jlaj' , on tlie subject of tlie culture of lemons, we have now obtained the following information : — (a) The new crop of Sicilian lemons goes to market in November. (b) They are in all the year round. (c) They are usually packed in closed boxes, not as is the case with oranges, in open crates. Each bo.\ contains 300, 350, 420, or 500 lemons. (d) With reference to the price obtained for Sicilian lemons, it is to name an averaj;e price as so much depends on the sujiplies coming forward from California and Sicijj', and as these supplies come in constantly all the year round there is no season of the year when one can be certain of a scarcity of fruit, as is the case with oranges in September and October. This year, during the first few months, receipts were small and prices good. At present the fruit is more plentiful and prices are lower, but this must not be taken as a guide to the market, nor can one year's returns be regarded as a precedent for another. From the foregoing you will observe that as the supjilies are pretty constant from Sicily, lemons shiiiped from Dominica would of necessity come into comi)etition with the Sicilian variety, no matter at what season of the year they might be shipped. ' As regards the jii'ice that might be obtained for Dominica fruit, that will be largely dependent on the quality of the fruit and the condition of the market, and without a sample or a trial shipment to test the market it is imjiossible to give anj- opinion that would be of value. Mess
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