530 A, E. Verrili—The Bermuda Islands. 
The onions have at times been subject to a serious fungous dis- 
ease,* which causes great loss. A small insect, the ‘Onion Thrips” 
(Thrips tabaci) frequently causes considerable damage by biting the 
leaves and causing them to turn yellow. (See ch. 29 and 37.) 
Tomatoes have been cultivated for a long time, and formerly were 
exported to New York in large quantities. After 1890, the amount 
rapidly declined from 28,830 boxes in 1890 to 146 boxes in 1900. 
This was due partly to competition with the fruit raised in Florida 
and other southern States, and largely to the high tariff. 
In 1871, the amount exported was 115,868 boxes, valued at 
£13,718; and in 1876, it reached 154,350 boxes, valued at £12,755, 
which is the largest crop recorded. Between 1880 and 1890 it 
varied from 122,160 boxes in 1884 to 11,283 boxes in 1889. The 
(See table.) 
prices rapidly declined at the same time. 
TABLE OF Exports OF PRopucTS FROM BerRmMuDA, 1870-80 anv 1890-1900. 
Arrowroot. Beets, &c. Onions. Potatoes. Tomatoes. | 
Total 
Serco s ; = We co Ti ~ (on [Yas of 
Qnty. Value. | Pkgs. | Value. Boxes. | Value. | Brls. | Value. | Boxes. | Value. Zen 
ibaa £ Bt | £ | £48 
1870| 7484) 414 1106640 19277 |11790 | 9254 | 49245) 5689 34884 
1871| 32940) 1473 81 16 108400 20676 11549 10958 11586813718 46906 
1872 34445, 2186 | 151 55 161520 31760 17948 17915 |10978112168 | 64085 
1873) 39573) 1763 | 15% 94 124730 80500 (20336 19667 | 87507, 9432 61456 
1874| 11608) 507 | 367 | 145 |156871'48012 |19048 |19568 | 80671)11528 | 74820 
1875! 39003) 2393 | 846 | 195 |207671'20275 |81116 |26403 | 99775! 93829 | 58622 
1876 4800 250 |1043 | 257 163590 28457 (33099 26102 |154385012755 | 67901 
1877 21485, 1084 | 189 | 162 | 81803 22087 (21004 21005 | 89429 9149 , 53573 
1878; 16840, 780 |18382 | 295 ;178687 28090 |29739 14967 |1138772) 5688 | 49820 
1879) 21346) 1317 | 789 | 165 |173566 31578 |31275 |26785 | 64732) 4862 | 64707 
1880 20624, 1289 15684 840 (185531 48553 |27562 20804 66975 6048 | 77084 
1890 9213 613 5180 | 7428 |275750 82087 35714 34117 28830 %513 120075 
1891) 28050) 1626 (2514 | 271 |804975 81446 |27576 |27104 | 11438) 814 |111264 
1892, 10000, 750 1628 | 212 |860842 55027 |26878 27686 | 5759 282 | 83957 
1893) 35400) 1709 1655 | 206 |858027 61578 |304864/27788 | 1781) 1387 | 91418 
1894 19880, 1002 | 891 | 111 |177166 45644 (20110 |19482 | 2146) 190 | 66429 
1895, 4547) 227 1156 | 215 |295269 46048 |27143 |27004 | 1021; 92 | 73586 
1896, 8336 484 421 61 |329477 57437 |22882 |19320 | 456 38 | 77340 
1897, 6941; 429 | 438 49 |245645 84548 20084 18527 467 28 |103581 
1898, 22100} 1212 | 130 17 |297346 597387 |218014)18844 226, 18 | 79828 
1899, 22300; 111 67 10 (462701 66252 (26800 24071 434 26 | 91470 
1900) 33350 1792 | 67 7 1826697 48490 125148 22914 | 146 11 | 68214 
Early beets and some other garden vegetables are now shipped to 
some extent to New York, but they have to compete with those 
grown in Florida, South Carolina, ete., with the high tariff in favor 
of the latter, so that this business is not a promising one, at present. 
-* The onion disease in Bermuda has been discussed by A. E. Shipley, in the 
Bulletin of the Kew Royal Gardens, October, 1887. No. 10. It causes the 
leaves to rot at the base. 
