THE CUBA Ri:\IK\\ Ami F.ullctin. 



BRU K AND TII.E FACTORY. 



The new brick aiui tile factory at San 

 Cristobal is now almost completed and will 

 soon be in full operation. It belongs to a 

 Cuban company. The plant is an extensive 

 one, costing about a hundred thousand dol- 

 lars. It occupies a convenient location on 

 the railroad just east of town and inex- 

 haustible beds of fine clay are at hand. 

 Besides brick the company expects to make 

 the I-'rench roofing tile, now so extensively 

 used in the island. 



AGRICULTURE AND LABOR 



Lemons, Oranges, Grapefruit and Olives 



at Ceballos — The Most Satisfactory 



Varieties and Insect Pest 



Remedies. 



Mr. W. C. Hewitt is tlie superintendent 

 of the Citrus Fruit Department at Cebal- 

 los, and in an interview with the CUBA 

 REVIEW representative regarding the 

 varieties of citrus fruits, his exnerience 

 had proven most desirable, and some in- 

 sect pests and remedies, spoke as follows : 



Scab was somewhat prevalent, he said, 

 appearing on lemons and grapefruit in 

 the shape of warts or swellings. It ap- 

 peared originally in Florida some i6 

 years ago, and attacks the leaves first, 

 some species of oranges being particu- 

 larly susceptible. The remedy was Mr. 

 Hewitt's own formula and is as follows: 

 Make a thick paste of 5 oz. of carbonate 

 of copper and one pint of water; then 

 add 2 pints of ammonia, 28% strength 

 in Cuba, stir and add 50 gallons of water. 

 Apply by spraying, pressure to be not 

 less than 120 lbs. He could not give 

 exact times of application, experience 



--liouid teach this, but as scab aj^pears (in 

 the fruit when only as large as a pea, 

 close watching of the croves and promi>t 

 spraying are obviously necessary. 



Lemons can be grown i)rofitably if 

 I)icked and shipped in September. He 

 made money in Florida doing this. Cali- 

 fornia is a formidable competitor, having 

 a crop all the year round, while Cuba 

 has but one season only. 



Of grapefruit he found the following 

 varieties the most satisfactory, there be- 

 ing no ap])reciable difference in the yield 

 or vigor of growth. 



Watters, principally silver Cluster Ork- 

 ing, and Marsh's seedless. 



In oranges he found the pineapple for 

 early crop, and late Valencias and Harts 

 Tardiff for late satisfactory. The pine- 

 apple was ready in the early part of De- 

 cember to January, and the Valencia 

 A])ril to middle of May. Harts Tardiff 

 was eatable in January, but did not color 

 up well until April. 



The rust mite was vigorously sprayed 

 against, sulphur being used with success. 

 The spra^'ing should begin when the fruit 

 a])pears. and about once every month or 

 six weeks thereafter. 



He had tried olives as an experiment 

 and had planted rooted slips from Cali- 

 fornia two years ago. These had grown 

 well and were now about 7 feet high, 

 looking thrift}' and strong. He would 

 make no prediction as to the ultimate 

 success of the experiment. 



Olive trees bear, he said, when four or 

 five years old. They are hardy, but the 

 bloom is tender, storms, drought, heavy 

 winds, etc., work much injury. As yet, 

 no insect pest had appeared on the trees. 



The varieties planted were the Man- 

 zanillo. Rubra and Mission. 



For the ordinary scale infesting orange 

 trees, whale oil soap proved efficacious. 



W Li-u the Zanja is dofiienod. .-ind this wcrk will soon begin, tlo 

 will pl.v lietwecM Xiipvitas and Port Viaro. 



