THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



An American Wonder lemon tree in Cuba, about 4 years old. Ihe tree grows freely and 

 Yields bounteously. This fruit is used like the smaller lemons in the making of marmalades, 

 lemonade and pies. Some specimens of fruit recently seen weighed four pounds. 



'Sir. ]. G. Airth, a fruit grower of large 

 experience in Florida, was visited at his 

 new home on the outskirts of Camaguey, 

 where he has a large acreage under culti- 

 vation, and out of his varied experience 

 said as follows. 



"Regarding general conditions," he 

 said, "the lands in times of drought bake 

 and get very hard, and in the rainy sea- 

 son get too wet. The soil must have 

 stable manure to lighten it. Back of 

 Camaguey," he continued, "the mountains 

 were full of bat manure and a fine mix- 

 ture for this purpose when stable manure 

 could not be procured, was bat manure 

 and wood ashes. Potash fertilizer and 

 cottonseed meal were likewise good." He 

 also strongly advocated a mulch, as the 

 soil does not pack so quickly if the sun 

 cannot get directly at the ground. The 

 weeds were hard to eradicate. Three 

 years' steady and skilful cultivation had 

 failed to get rid of them. Seeds in clods 

 of earth keep for many years and it was 

 almost impossible to cultivate them out 

 of existence. Asparagus with him was 

 not a success, but cabbages, beets, turnips, 

 carrots, onions and tomatoes grew fine 

 and yielded big crops. 



Some two years ago he planted pecans, 

 but they were a total failure. He be- 

 lieved that he should have started the 

 seeds in bamboo pots and would thus 



have been enabled to transplant them 

 without injury by planting pot and plant 

 where the trees were to stand. 



He said in conclusion that if Cuba's 

 soil is thoroughly worked the results are 

 simply colossal in point of production. 



Mr. Whipple, another American of Cam- 

 aguey, a neighbor of Mr. Airth, recently 

 sold the bulk of his lands at a very large 

 increase over the original price paid, re- 

 serving a choice portion for his own re- 

 quirements. 



The new Hotel Plaza in Camaguey is in 

 full operation, and is a pretentious and in- 

 viting structure, well situated near the rail- 

 way station. Mr. Grossman, the owner, was 

 formerly manager of the Hotel Camaguey, 

 and is consequently well qualified to con- 

 duct a modern hotel. 



BYATI. 



There is a Swedish colony at this place, 

 and its manager and owner is Dr. A. Linn, 

 of Minneapolis. At present there are 50 

 to 75 people in the colony, though many 

 Norwegian immigrants are coming. There 

 is a comfortable-looking hotel on the prop- 

 erty, also managed by Dr. Linn, and a sugar 

 mill is contemplated. The investment is 

 30,000 to 40,000 acres. The land appears 

 to be of first-class quality, but between the 

 property and the railroad is a deep ravine 

 with a river which in the rainy season 

 runs swift and deep. 



