THE CUBA REVIEW 



29 



AGRICULTURAL MATTERS 



ROSELLE ICES AND SHERBERT 



It may be of interest to readers in foreign 

 countries to know that roselle soda water, 

 roselle sundaes, roselle sherbet and roselle 

 ice cream are now included among the other 

 standard offerings of a similar character in 

 some of the best restaurants and ice cream 

 parlors in Manila. 



The Revieu' also states that a Mr. and Mrs. 

 Worcester made roselle sauce, sirup, jelly and 

 wine without any factory utensils, all the 

 above-mentioned products being strictly 

 "home made'' in the full sense of the word. 



According to the figures submitted by Mr. 

 Worcester, from 407 kilograms of fresh calj'- 

 ces were made 67 half-pint (0.23-liter) jars of 

 jelly; from the waste of this material, con- 

 sisting of seed pods and "butt ends" of the 

 calyces, 112 pint (0.47-liter) bottles of sirup 

 were made. Of another "batch" of 761 kilo- 

 grams of fresh fruit were made 6 half-pint 

 jars of jelly, 2,021^2 pint (0.70-liter) jars and 

 269 half-pint jars of roselle sauce, 81 half- 

 pint jars of roselle "butter," and 100 pint 

 bottles of sirup. Three kilograms prepared 

 fruit (equal to 6 kilograms of fresh fruit) ainl 

 4.5 kilograms of best refined sugar made 131 

 J^-pint jars of sauce. Nine to twelve half- 

 pint jars of jelly were obtained from 3 kilo- 

 grams of prepared fruit. 



By heating the sugar to the point of melting 

 and then pouring it into the boiling juice a 

 harder jelly was obtained than if the sugar 

 was not heated. — The Philippine Agricul- 

 tural Review, June 1914. 



These figures should prove interesting to 

 the Cuba Review's readers in Cuba as I'oselle 

 is well known there and grows freeh. 



AFRIKANDER CATTLE IN CUBA 



Cuba has begun the importation of Afri- 

 kander cattle from South Africa. This pecu- 

 liar breed of cattle, the origin of which is 

 shrouded in mystery, will probably consti- 

 tute an important introduction for the live- 

 stock dealers of that country. The outcome 

 of the infusion of the very vigorous blood of 

 these cattle, which were founrl by the early 

 explorers in vast herds from Zululand to the 

 country of the Masai in British East Africa, 

 will be watched with much interest. 



LEAVES ORANGES ON TREE 



A Florida fruit grower, a Mr. jVIcConkey 

 at Brooksville, keeps his oranges sometimes 

 on the trees for two years. In an interview 

 with this grower, the Tampa Tribune says: 

 "Just now there are oranges on his trees 

 which have hung there 16 months. He says 

 these oranges are par excellence; that they 

 are like honey. This fruit is encashed in in- 

 dividual bags to protect it from the fruit- 



loving birds. Mr McConkey says he has 

 kept fruit in perfect order for two years. 



Mr. McConkey's policy is not to force his 

 trees with an over supply of fertilizer; he has 

 never used an ounce of the commercial article. 

 He says that, so far, he has not sacrificedl the 

 quality of his fruit for the quantity, as the 

 fineness of flavor and sweetness are greatly 

 affected by continuous over feeding. 



Silo constructed on the grounds of the Cuba G ove 

 ment Horticultural Experiment Station at Santiago de 

 las ^'egas. It is intended to encourage the farmers to 

 build their own silos. 



"Silo" y "Cortadora de Forraje" durante la opera- 

 cion del corte y elevacion del forraje para su conser- 

 vacion. 



SILO IN CUBA 



A silo has been built at the Agricultural 

 Experiment station at Santiago de las Vegas 

 in Havana Province, and this will he used, 

 in connection with experiments on the storing 

 of green forage, the expectations being that 

 the results obtained will materially aid in the 

 solution of the problem of feeding the work 

 animals on the ingenios during those periods 

 of the year when the usual drought cuts the 

 grass supply down to almost nothing. See 

 illustration on this page of the silo recent h' 

 constructed. 



Under the present customs tariff, plows, 

 hoes and cane knives, imported exclusively 

 for agricultural purposes, are free of duty. 

 Other agricultural machinery is dutiable. — 

 Consular Report. 



