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afternoon we visited Hope Gardens and were entertained at the 
home of Mr, William Harris, Superintendent of Public Gardens 
and Plantations, who very kindly assisted us with the details of 
plans for exploration during our stay in the island. The next 
morning being Saturday, we visited the large Kingston market 
with Miss May Harris at an early hour to see the various fruits 
Fic, 1. Hope Gardens and the hills to the north. On the left is the residence 
of the director. 
and vegetables brought in by the market-women from the neigh- 
boring hills. 
Oranges, grapefruit, limes, pineapples, bananas, papaws, 
watermelons, muskmelons, sweet-sop, sour-sop, cherimoyer, a 
few late mangoes, cocoanuts, yams, coco, sweet potatoes, cassava, 
tomatoes, plantains, pumpkins, squash, guavas, eggplant, bread- 
fruit, jackfruit alligator-pears, annatto, ackee, rice, cabbage, 
cucumbers, beans, onions, cocoa-beans, sugar-cane, sugar, ginger, 
pimento, coffee and tobacco were the principal products found in 
the market in December. It is surprising how few of these are 
