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BRITISH GUIANA 



The White Plantaia is the kind chiefly grown in British 

 Guiana, where it is regarded as a necessary article of food, 

 while the banana is considered an added luxury. 



JAMAICA 



The Horse Plantain is the variety ordinarily grown and 

 has generally twenty on a bunch. 



TRINIDAD 



The Horn Plantain (thus called because the fruit is like 

 the horn of a young bull) is the most extensively cultivated, 

 and has generally twenty-five on a bunch. The fruit is 

 turned upwards, being characteristic of this species of 

 plantain. 



BRxVZIL 



The best varieties are the Mosquito, Massa, Preta, and 

 Davoa. 



Dampier says the plantain is usually cooked when just 

 full-grown, but before it is quite ripe or has turned yellow. 

 Green plantains peeled, sliced thin, dried in the sun and 

 grated, will make a good meal for puddings, etc. Boiled, 

 they are suitable to eat with meat instead of potatoes. 



A true plantain is always coolced before being used at 

 the table. 



The Darien Indians preserve them a long time by drying 







