THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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It was found that the best time to 

 pick the fruit for shipping was when it 

 began to show the faintest color of ap- 

 pioaching- maturity. Fruit packed at this 

 stage arrived at its destination in ex- 

 cellent condition and developed a flavor 

 and quality approaching that found in 

 the fiu't ripened on the tree. 



Experiments were also made with the 

 mango iruit for other purposes. At cer- 

 tain siages of maturity the fruit was 

 found to make excellent jellies, butters, 

 and sauces, and it is probable that it 

 may be canned. More work is to be 

 done along these lines in the coming 

 year. 



The first shipment of Manila mangoes 

 from Mexico arrived at the New Orleans 

 market on July 7 in fine condition. 



After Three Years in Cuba. 



"If a man is willing to work hard, he 

 can make a success, but there is no soft 

 snap for anvone. Most of the time in the 

 past three years I have worked from 5 in 

 the morning to 10 and 12 at night, and all 

 day Sunday. Alany a time I have rolled 

 out of my ihammock when in camp and 

 gone on my mule to see if my men along 

 the line were up and at their work. Older 

 people I certainly would not advise to 

 go to Cuba. In the first place the ways 

 of living are different. There are no 

 stoves, and everything is fried or boiled, on 

 little charcoal braziers. Everything to eat 

 is filled wiith grease. We have coffee early 

 in the morning, and my cook used six 

 pounds of coffee a day. Prices are high. 

 Rent for an ordinary bouse is $50 a month. 

 The only thing one can get cheaply in Cuba, 

 perhaps, are the beautiful linens and hand 

 embroideries of the natives." — James D. 

 Adams, in the Everett (Miass.) Herald. 



Havana Pineapple Exportations. 



The following table shows exportations 

 of Cuban pineapples throiig*b Havana for the 

 first six months of 1906, 1907 and 1908. 

 The figures indicate the growth of this in- 

 dustry. 



1906. 1907. 1908. 



January 2,037 3,909 16,785 



February 5,456 6,269 16,379 



March 11,176 11,656 17,171 



April 128,562 65,201 169,094 



May 364,973 391,854 420,053 



Jmie 361,146 141,715 303,265 



Total 864,350 620,604 942,747 



Regarding Cuban pineapples, the New 

 York Produce News says : 



The demand for Cuban pineapples is not 

 only from local sources and canners, but 

 inquiries are being received from all interior 

 points. Another thing that has helped the 

 pineapple market is the exceptionally fine 

 quality of the Havana fruit. 



An ants' nest in a tree in Cuba. 



r.r. ^j^er.Jftibonico del Norte. Depth in dry season around 8 feet. Launches and other boats 

 can be sailed down this stream and out on the bay to Caibarien or to steamers to New York. 



