. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 276 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. September 9, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. BANANA INDUSTRY OF THE CANARY ISLANDS. The following interesting review of the Canary Islands banana industry is from the C'onfiil'ir Ri'pmi for ]y04:— It will be remembered that there was a smart fall in the value of bananas about a year ago. Notwithstanding this, however, in the year under review there were 16S, crates, or about -t per cent., shii)ped in of the quantity exported in 1903, the estimated value of the shipments b
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 276 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. September 9, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. BANANA INDUSTRY OF THE CANARY ISLANDS. The following interesting review of the Canary Islands banana industry is from the C'onfiil'ir Ri'pmi for ]y04:— It will be remembered that there was a smart fall in the value of bananas about a year ago. Notwithstanding this, however, in the year under review there were 16S, crates, or about -t per cent., shii)ped in of the quantity exported in 1903, the estimated value of the shipments being £384, in 1904, against £, in 1903. It will thus be seen that, in spite of adverse factors, the cultivation of bananas in islands continues to be a lucrative industry. It is obvious that to be able to face a fall in price of some -50 per cent., as was the case in May 1903, and yet to increase their .shi[iments the following year, the growers must previously have been realizing extremely large profits. The former vaticinations of ruin arising from tlie competition of the West Indian fruit are now no longer heard, and the farmei-s a]i[iear to have realized that it has produced, on the contraiy, a markedly beneficial ottect on the banana industry of these islands. A factor vhich has enabled the growers to maintain exports at a high figure is the increased competition for freights among the steamship lines. This has brought about further reduction in the rates. While this material reduction in freights has, in a measure, contributed towards maintaiidng [irices still paid to , it is apprehended that it will no longer be able to do so from the moment that still larger quantities of West Indiair bananas are poured into the markets of the United Kingdom. It is reported that the quantity of West Indian bananas expected to anive in the United Kingdom will be at the rate of 300,000 bunches per month, or a total per annum of •3,000,000 bunches, and this
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