736 FRUIT CULTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



TRINIDAD. 



J. H. Hart, Government botanist, to Consul Sawyer. 



Only here and there a plant exists which ripens fruit fairly, but the 

 produce is carried off when nearly mature by the frugiverous bats. 



CUBA. 



REPORT BY CONSUL-GENERAL WILLIAMS, OF HAVANA. 



Figs grow here, but their cultivation is limited to private gardens, 

 The trees do not obtain the size observed in the gardens of Norfolk, 

 Ya., Charleston, S. 0., Savannah, Ga., or New Orleans, La. Neither 

 does the fruit seem to be equal in flavor to that grown in those places. 

 It is rarely ever seen for sale in the market houses, fresh from the 

 trees. Dried figs in considerable quantities are imported from Malaga, 

 Spain, where great attention is given to their cultivation. 



EAMON O. WILLIAMS, 



Consul- General. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE-GENERAL, 



Havana, November 24, 1889. 



GUADELUPE. 



The few fig-trees found in the island are always sickly and covered 

 with aphis or lice and ants. 



ST. .FELIX ELARDEAN, 

 Director of Botanical Garden at Basse-terre, to Consul Bartlett. 



