THE CUBA REVIEW 



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Fruit Exhibit, La Gloria. 



days from the time it is picked, there will not be much competition felt from the northern 

 growers. This "Canasi" tract from all reports seems more promising on the yield per tree 

 basis, and the fruit is larger and the juice of an excellent and sweet flavor. The growers in 

 this section have formed an organization and stock company and have constructed a large 

 up-to-date and complete packing house, with facilities to clean, wash, assort, wrap and pack 

 three hundred boxes of fancy fruit per day. The fruit is at present transported from the 

 packing-house in large wagons seven miles to Port Viaro. The soil in this section and the 

 adjoining Garden City tract is excellent for citrus fruits, it is of a dark, rich, red. color which 

 indicates an iron deposit necessary for the growth of good grapefruit, and reaches to an un- 

 known depth in most points. 



The clearing of land is going on daily and the number of planted groves is increasing each 

 year. To the visitor making his first visit to this section the first impressions are not encour- 

 aging when he looks at his newly acquired holdings of ten or twenty acres covered with a dense 

 undergrowth and tall saplings, but when he sees his neighbors and many other newly planted 

 groves adjoining which will be bearing fruit in a comparatively short time, his hopes are 

 brightened, and it is only a short time when he can have the work of cleaning the land started 

 and in another season the young grove will be under way. It has been pointed out that it is 

 very important that the young groves receive careful attention and cultivation for the first 

 few years and it was brought to our notice that it is better to leave this work in the hands of 

 an experienced contractor at the start, and from the looks of the groves under his care, a 

 Mr. Stevens, who is handling groves in this section is the man to get quick results. The best 

 results have been obtained from these principal varieties of citrus fruits grown in this section: 



Marsh Seedless Grapefruit, Valencia Oranges, Tangerines, King Tangerines. 



The grapefruit originates from the wild orange, and all the fruit in this section are ex- 

 cellent, but the Marsh Seedless is a wonder in that it contains but one or two small seeds; 

 it has an excellent flavor and contains less acetic acid and quinine than other fruits, and it is 

 , the result of research work on grafting and budding and due to intensive study along these 

 lines by a Mr. Marsh of Florida. 



The La Gloria colony was opened up for development in 1900 and is the largest and one 

 of the few remaining American colonies that has stood the test on the island. The future 



