. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 16-t THE AGllICULTURAL NEV?S. :May 29, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. LIME GROWING AT NEVIS. The interest than is being .shown in many ]y.\rts of the West Indies in efforts to increase the variety of crops grown is an e>;conraging sign. An in»~tance m point is reported fi'om Nevis, wliere—as at Tortola— efforts are being made to'bring about tlie of a lime industry. In his report for the nmntli of A[iril last, Mr. J. O. Maloney, Agricultural Instructor, writes:— At present some attention is being paid to gr
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 16-t THE AGllICULTURAL NEV?S. :May 29, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. LIME GROWING AT NEVIS. The interest than is being .shown in many ]y.\rts of the West Indies in efforts to increase the variety of crops grown is an e>;conraging sign. An in»~tance m point is reported fi'om Nevis, wliere—as at Tortola— efforts are being made to'bring about tlie of a lime industry. In his report for the nmntli of A[iril last, Mr. J. O. Maloney, Agricultural Instructor, writes:— At present some attention is being paid to growing limes on a .small scale at Nevis. 3Iany thousands of seedlings were distributed from the Station in 1907, most f which are now growing well. I might also mention that some other spots weie planted in 1005, hut have not thriven well, on account of the fact that they have not received proper attention. Orders have just been received at the .Station for 70,000 lime seedlings, of which 2,000 have already been delivered, and it is hoped that a large supply will soon be ready for distribution. It is tjuite evident that with a certain amount of care, limes can he successfully grown at Xevis, although the rain- fall is somewhat small. LIME INDUSTRY IN VIRGIN ISLANDS. Allusion w^as recentl}' made in this journal to the fact that the prospects for the (leveloi)ment of a small, Ijiit reniuneraiive lime industry in tlie Virgin Islands H-ippear [iromisini,'. A short report has lately been received from 3Jr. W. C. Fishlock, Agricnhuial In- structor for the rrc>ideiicy,'giving particulars of the work done in this direction during ). Linies were purchased at the Kxpeiiment Station throughout the yi.'ar. and up to the middle of .March of this year, Mr. Fishlock had bought :i lb. of fruits, or about barrels,, The sum jiaid out for tliis quantity was .£34 d'l. Lime juice was prepared from the purchased fruits, and at first the plan was tried of
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