. The Cuba review and bulletin. over. It is prac-tically impossible at times to find a redbanana in the market.—Nezi.^ York Times. JAPANESE PEANUT CROP. In 1905 the exports were 3,147,422 kin,valued at $129,869, of which the UnitedStates took $98,470 worth and Canada$13,341 worth, Hong Kong almost droppingout of the market. The true papaw of the tropics. CaricaPapaya, is not in any way related to thecultivated and wild species of the UnitedStates. It is called in the United Statesmelon papaw for the sake of distinction.^-Agricultural Nezvs, Barbados. A HINT FOR GROWERS IN CUBA. Jamaica^ orange
. The Cuba review and bulletin. over. It is prac-tically impossible at times to find a redbanana in the market.—Nezi.^ York Times. JAPANESE PEANUT CROP. In 1905 the exports were 3,147,422 kin,valued at $129,869, of which the UnitedStates took $98,470 worth and Canada$13,341 worth, Hong Kong almost droppingout of the market. The true papaw of the tropics. CaricaPapaya, is not in any way related to thecultivated and wild species of the UnitedStates. It is called in the United Statesmelon papaw for the sake of distinction.^-Agricultural Nezvs, Barbados. A HINT FOR GROWERS IN CUBA. Jamaica^ oranges have a free run in theUnited States markets from August tillNovember. The high duty, ic. per lb., hasvirtually killed the market for Jamaicas,except during the three months only hope for Jamaica is so to workthe orange trees that the fruit will comein early. Then, in spite of the high duty,oranges will pay.—Journal of the JamaicaAgricultural Societv. (For another article on Fruits and Vegetables see Page 23). The True Paw Paw of the Tropics. Carica Papaya Grown on the Plantation of Mr. Kydd at Ceballos 14 THE CUBA RE\IE\V And Bulletin. MINING Consul -Max J. Baehr writes as followson the mining industry of Cuba. The development of mining in Cuba datesfrom 1830. when companies were formedfor working the copper mines in the prov-ince of the Oricnte. There were exportedmore than 600,000 tons, valued at over$48,000,000, and this only from two numerous copper and ironmines were discovered and worked inOrienle, and manganese mines were dis-covered in the same province, and and copper in Santa Clara. In 1899. considerable prospecting wasdone in the province of Pinar del Rio,where it appears that coal mines exist. Itis also believed that asphalt and coppermines are to be found in the same prov-ince, and in Habana and Matanzas. Thereis not sufficient knowledge of the realmineral resources of the island to makean accurate estimate, but g
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