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Irrigation. None, except what is merely incidental. (See reports of 

 the undersigned, of August 2, 1889, on Irrigation and Drainage, and of 

 November 8, 1889, on Canals, etc., in British Guiana.) There is practi- 

 cally no cultivation in this colony of any fruits except plantains and 

 cocoanuts. 



Fertilizers. No fertilizers are ever used. 



Pruning. No pruning is ever done. 



Picking. Gathered when mature, but while still green. Usually 

 kept dry, but no system of curing followed. None are exported. 



Planting. There are no regular plantations. Therefore there is no 

 system as to distance apart. The trees are propagated exclusively 

 from seed. The trees are usually mixed with other plants, and there- 

 fore variable in extent. 



Maturity. The trees begin to bear when from five to seven years old. 

 They mature at the age of from ten to twenty years, which may be re- 

 garded as the period of greatest production, although this is largely 

 dependent upon various circumstances. 



Insect pests. Orange scale insects on the coast, and parasol ants in 

 the interior. No treatment adopted as a rule. 



LEMONS. 



Very few, if any, lemons are grown in this colony. Limes are cheap 

 and abundant but not systematically cultivated, picked, or cured, and 

 none are shipped. 

 No statistics issued. 

 Neither figs nor olives are grown in British Guiana. 



W. T. WALTHALL, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Demerara, February 20, 1890. 



ECUADOR. 



REPORT BY CONSUL-GENERAL SORSBY OF GUAYAQUIL. 

 ORANGES. 



There is but one variety. 



Location. The distance from the sea depends upon the sea-level. 

 Elevation above the sea-level 1,000 to 1,500 feet. Exposure to the sun 

 continuous. 



Level land is best, soil and subsoil formation ; lime and sandy. 



Climatic influences. Temperature 50 minimum, 88 maximum, 70 

 average. Nights warm and moist; sultry days in dry season ; atmos- 

 phere extremely dry. There are two distinct seasons. In the dry sea- 

 son it is never wet, and in the wet it is never dry, the rain-fall for four 



