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does not make a very strong place for itself on the market. 

 Recently a pineapple juice prepared in Cuba appears to be of 

 more promise. One firm in Honolulu prepares a condensed 

 pineapple sirup to which some cane sugar has been added, and 

 this sirup is used for carbonating at soda fountains. A very 

 palatable drink can be obtained in this way. On account of 

 the large amount of sugar contained in pineapple juice, a plant 

 has recently been erected in Honolulu for condensing this juice 

 into a sirup to be used in increasing the sugar content of canned 

 pineapples for the trade which requires additional sugar. The 

 fiber of the pineapple leaf has been used for various purposes 

 and a discussion of its economic value will be found under 

 fibers. Moreover, the stumps are filled with starch and could 

 possibly be used as a commercial source of starch. 



The varieties of pineapples grown commercially in Hawaii 

 are Smooth Cayenne and Queensland, particularly the former. 

 In Porto Rico the leading varieties are Cabezona, Red Spanish, 

 Ruby, Sugar Loaf, Trinidad, and Black Jamaica. In Florida 

 the pineapple growers have preferred the Red Spanish, Black 

 Ripley, Egyptian, Golden Pernambuco, Abachi, and other va- 

 rieties. As already indicated, the shipments of fresh pineapples 

 from Porto Rico, Florida, and Hawaii are quite rapidly in- 

 creasing, and this may be taken as an indication of the favor 

 with which the pineapple is received in the northern markets 

 so long as the fruit is shipped in a satisfactory condition. With 

 the adoption of cold storage methods, riper pineapples with a 

 larger sugar content and better flavor will reach the northern 

 markets and the demand for fresh pineapples will undoubtedly 

 increase as these improved methods are put into operation. 



CITRUS FRUITS 



The literature relating to citrus fruit is so extensive and 

 has been so widely distributed in the form of bulletins, maga- 

 zine articles, books, and newspaper accounts that it seems un- 



