202 



Sour-Sop (Anona muricata) ... ... ... 5 each. 



Carambola (Averrhoa carambola) ... ... 5 



Sapodilla (Ach?-as safjota) ... ... ... 5 



Sapote (Lueuma mammom) ... ... ... 10 



Mabola (Diospyros mabola) ... ... ... 5 



Golden Apple ((Spondia-s dulcis) ... ... ... 5 



Hog Plum (S. granolens) ... ... ... 5 



Star Apple (Chrysophyllum Cainito) ... ... 5 



Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) ... ... 5 



Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra) ... ... 5 



Avocado Pear (Persea gratissima) ... ... 5 



Bread Fruit (Artocarpus incisa) . . . ... ... 60 



Bread Nut (A. ,, ,, ) ... ... ... 5 



Akee (Blighia sapida) ... ... ... 5 



Rose Apple (Eugenia jambos) ... ... ... 5 



Governor Plum (Flo court ia Ramontchii) ... ... 5 



Genip (Melicoccabijnja) ... ... ... 5 



Question 6. — Can orange trees grown from slips or cuttings be had 

 at the Gardens and at what price per thousand ? 



Answer. — Raising orange trees from "slips" or cuttings is an 

 unreliable method of propagation and is seldom practised. Budding 

 or grafting desirable sweet varieties on sour orange stocks is much the 

 best method, the stock being hardy and resisting Mal-di-goma and 

 other such diseases. Orange trees grown from cuttings (even if they 

 could be so propagated in large numbers) would probably be readily 

 attacked by those diseases. 



Question 7. — Do trees grown from "slips" take longer to bear 

 than those from seeds ? 



Answer. — The fruiting of orange trees from cuttings has not 

 been observed by us, but from what we know of the growth of other 

 fruit trees under similar circumstances and from the laws of plant 

 physiology Ave would say those grown from cuttings would probably 

 fruit sooner than those from seeds. They usually fruit sooner by 

 beinn; budded or grafted. 



Question 8. — What distance apart are orange trees usually 

 planted ? 



Answer. — The distance apart to plant orange trees would vary, 

 as with nearly all trees, according to soil, situation and the grower's 

 requirements. Orange trees may be planted from 15 to 25 feet apart. 



N.B. — A very useful pamphlet has recently been issued by the Imperial 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, Barbados, on "Cultivation of Oranges at 

 Dominica" with an Appendix on the Jamaica Orange Industry. The notes on 

 Oranges at Dominica were written by His Honour H. Hesketh Bell, C.M.G., 

 Administrator, there. The pamphlet may be obtained from Messrs. Muir, 

 Marshall & Co., Port-of-Spain, price four-pence. 



708. -INTRODUCTION OP CACAO FROM VENEZUELA. 



Ox the 8th of May. a consignment of four cases of cacao pods were 

 received at the Experiment Station, St. Clair, from the British Yice- 

 Consul — Puerto Ca hello. 



On the suggestion of Mr. J. D. Sellier of Port-of-Spain. His 

 Excellency the Governor Sir Henry Moore Jackson, K.C.M.G., 



