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Propogation may be done by planting the seeds (but production is 

 later in this way), or by catting, or, as in the case of the banyan tree, 

 by intertwining branches which readily take root. 



FRANK H. PIERCE, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Matanzas, November 17, 1885. 



MADEIRA. 



Acting Consul J. Hutchinsou writes from Funchal under date Decem- 

 ber 3, 1883 



The cultivation of the fruit on the island is on so small a scale that it 

 is impossible to obtain any definite information. There are a few trees 

 in two or three districts, on the lands of small holders who never think 

 of making any calculation as to the cost of culture, yield, or profits. 



The fruit is sent into town in small parcels for sale to the shippers. 

 The.present prices range from $1 to $2 per hundred, according to size. 

 The buyer places the fruit in a cask with sea water for shipment. It 

 all goes to London, the average annual shipment being about 50 casks 

 of 1,000 citrons each. 



MEXICO. 



Consul James Viosca, of La Paz, Mexico, reports, under date Novem- 

 ber 24, 1885, that, while the citron has never attained a commercial 

 importance in Lower California, the tree thrives luxuriantly, bearing 

 yearly an abundant crop of very deliciously-flavored fruit, weighing 

 from 1 to 5 pounds each, thus proving the fitness of the soil did a 

 market exist for the produce. A small quantity of the green or seasoned 

 fruit is yearly exported to the ports of Mazatlan and San Bias, for 

 domestic uses in making sweet preserves, or what is known as fruta 

 enbuelta en azucar. Otherwise it has no commercial importance. 



FRUIT-TREE CULTURE IN COGNAC.* 



REPORT BY CONSUL EARLE. 

 [Republished from Consular Reports No. 10Q.] 



There seems to be several reasons for dwarfing fruit trees, distort- 

 ing them out of their usual shapes, and planting tnem in queer and 

 unusual places and positions. These reasons may be stated, according 

 to my observations, as follows : 



(1) For economy of space. 







* As carried on in the Billardiiie, a garden near Cognac, belonging to Mr. Hennesy. 



