THE CUBA REVIEW 



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looks bright for this colony, and when she is better linked up with the outside world, nothing 

 can hold up her progress. Only recently telegraph communication has l)een established 

 to outside points and with the increased movement of the well-to-do American to locate 

 in Cuba to enjoy the liest climate in the world and watch his golden fruit groves give good 

 returns from a comparatively small investment. La Gloria is lx)und to capture her share. 



CCCOANUT DISEASE 



We are in receipt of the following letter 

 from Mr. John R. Johnson, pathologist of 

 the experiment station at Santiago de las 

 Vegas, which we consider of great interest. 



"It is six years now since I concluded my 

 work on the coconut disease in Cuba for the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. During 

 the month of April of this year I re\-isited 

 Baracoa and inspected most of the district 

 for the presence of the disease. You will Ije 

 interested to know, I am sure, that those 

 planters who had followed out the recom- 

 mendations for control are now the only coco- 

 nut growers in the district who are conducting 

 their business with a profit. Those who have 

 taken care of their groves suffer httle loss 

 from the disease, and as a matter of fact 

 have extended their plantings and the produc- 

 tion is lai^r than ever. Unfortunately, but 

 few planters followed the recommendations 

 for control. Those who did not are all, with- 

 out exception, losing their groves. Six years 

 ago there were a few healthy groves that were 

 not given any particular care. Now not one 

 of these uncared-for groves is free from dis- 



ease. The actual exportation of nuts from 

 the district last year was 4.000.000, the 

 lowest in the last 20 years. The fact, however, 

 should })e widespread that a few of the large 

 plantations have been successful in keeping 

 down the lo.ss due to this disease by methods 

 available to everj-one. It has now been dem- 

 onstrated that, although if all the planters 

 were to take care of their groves the loss 

 would lie less, yet even under present condi- 

 tions coconuts are grown in Earacoa and 

 the groves are extended at a profit to the 

 owners." 



LOGWOOD 



Possible Output from the Cuban Field 



A local citizen has delivered to the Amer- 

 ican consulate general in Habana a sample of 

 wood which he states to be the genuine palo 

 de campeche or logwood. He says that this 

 wood is grown in low lands in the vicinity of 

 Guines, Cuba, and that it would l)e possible 

 to supply at least 300 tons a week for a con- 

 siderable period. — Consul Henry M. Wolcotl, 

 Habana. 



