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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



An iiiit-liill in pane field, i.rigiiiall.v forest laud. Home of the Bibi-Jagua or li-af-eutting ent. This 

 hill was alxiut eight feet high. Tlie hr.t. ghiiig an idea of size, lies one-qiiarter '.f the \viy u]) the 

 slope. These ants are always exterminated In cultivated land, one of the best methods being by use 

 of chlorine gas. Mr. Gray exterminated these pests by different treatment. See article on this page. 



A TALK WITH ADAM GRAY. 



Interesting Statements Regarding Oranges and Grape-fruit — The Future Promising. 



!Mr. Adam Gray of Cincinnati, the 

 well known owner of a large citrus fruit 

 plantation just outside of Havana, during 

 a recent visit to New York, gave the 

 REVIEW the following very interest- 

 ing details of his present success with 

 oranges and grape fruit and the en- 

 couraging outlook for the future. 



So far he has sold man}^ of his oranges 

 on the trees, but those shipped have 

 always sold for good prices; the price 

 equaling that of the best grade of Flori- 

 das. This also applies to the grape-fruit 

 he has shipped and he has found both the 

 Cuban oranges and grape-fruit carried 

 well, equal to the best from any other 

 locality. Both oranges and grape-fruit, 

 he believes, will become very popular in 

 Northern markets when they become 

 better known. Commission men to 

 whom he has so far made shipments are 

 anxious for the time to come when they 

 can receive regular supplies, as they say 

 the dealers who make a trial purchase 

 generally come back for more. He has 

 now 20.COO trees just coming into bear- 

 ing, 10,000 more from one to two years 

 old. and he expects to keep on planting 

 until he has 6o,coo trees in all. 



He also said that there will always 



be a necessity for very careful cultivation 

 and expert care of all trees and that the 

 compensation for such labor and expert 

 care will be most remunerative, 



ORANGE TREE PESTS. 



Orange trees need deep soil, the tap- 

 root making this necessary, and all the 

 ground being planted to citrus trees in 

 Cuba is not of this character. He found 

 this out one day when walking through 

 an orange grove in another part of the 

 Island, full of dead and dying trees. The 

 ground was the dark rich kind and there 

 seemed no reason why the trees should 

 not thrive. As he walked along he no- 

 ticed some ants at work. They had made 

 a small mound and the soil they were 

 bringing up grain by grain was of a dis- 

 tinctly light color. This set him to think- 

 ing and a farther examination showed a 

 hard white substratum about 18 inches 

 below the surface. As this white hard- 

 pan could not be penetrated by the tap- 

 roots or the tree get nourishment from 

 it, the reason for the bad condition was 

 at once apparent. 



He found many species of scale on 

 orange trees, although it was not the 

 San Jose, which latter species does not 



