. The Cuba review. . l'ni(|iie woodtii beeliive in ("iiiniany. It is made into tile form of a lion. Seed Changes Beneficial The good effects of changing seed has long been known in the case of other crops -wheat, corn, barley, etc.—but until re- cently sugar-cane has been supposed to be exempt from the workings of this prin- ciple, says Tropical Life of London. Re- cently, however, a great deal of attention has been paid to the importation of new varieties, the raising of seedlings, not only in Hawaii but in other parts of the world, and the changing of canes from one planta- tion to anot
. The Cuba review. . l'ni(|iie woodtii beeliive in ("iiiniany. It is made into tile form of a lion. Seed Changes Beneficial The good effects of changing seed has long been known in the case of other crops -wheat, corn, barley, etc.—but until re- cently sugar-cane has been supposed to be exempt from the workings of this prin- ciple, says Tropical Life of London. Re- cently, however, a great deal of attention has been paid to the importation of new varieties, the raising of seedlings, not only in Hawaii but in other parts of the world, and the changing of canes from one planta- tion to another. In the British West In- dies the old Bourbon cane is being replaced by more hardy, disease-resistant seedlings. This changing of seed from one district to another, the acclimatizing of varieties, and the raising of seedlings in the hope that more prolific and more resistant varieties may be secured, is one of the lines that has great promise for the future. Beehive in the form of castles and cottages. Rosella Superceding the Cranberry The Rosella promises to supercede the craiiberrj' in many places in the United States, but its valuable qualities have long been recognized in Cuba where the plant grows freely. In the matter of taste the sauce of rosella can hardly be told from the cranberry, and in South Texas, says the San Antonio Express, many truck growers have supplied the local merchants with rosella instead of cranberry with prac- tically the same degree of trade satisfac- tion. "The rosella, moreover, possesses the at- tractive trade advantage of being two col- ors, red and white, and alongside of it may be growing a ijush l)earing red fruit. The product of the rosella plant is really not a fruit; it is the fleshy, acid cycles of the flowers that are used for making sauces, jellies and refreshing drinks. The average yield of the plant is twenty quarts to the plant, with an average price of five cents per quart. The rosella plant in some instances grows to a he
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