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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



Jlgricultural 



A VISIT TO CEBALLOS. 



The hotel is in good shape. The rooms 

 are well furnished in col.'i greens and 

 browns, enameled iron beds, comfortable 

 mattresses, wicker chairs and grass rugs, 

 all bright and inviting. The hotel was 

 opened on January 17 of this year and 

 has iiad a steady run of visitors ever 

 since. Most of the guests at present at 

 the hotel are the officers of the .Ajnerican 

 forces at Ciega de Avila and Ceballos, 

 with their wives and children. Perry E. 

 Tanner, of Akron, Ohio, is the general 

 jTianager. 



The grounds of the colony showed 

 much improvement over last year. 1 ne 

 royal palms planted along the boulevard 

 looked strong and the flower and foliage 

 beds were numerous. The orange and 

 grape fruit trees had become large, 

 healthy trees and the fruit, which last 

 year in some instances showed defects 

 which would have possibly intereferd 

 with their salable qualities, this year had 

 ver\- much improved. Tiie grape fruit, 

 oranges, tangerines, in appearance, size 

 and flavor, left little to be desired. 



The- colony is at the shipping t-oint, 

 and fruits are going north in consider- 

 able quantities and at a good profit. 

 About 3.000 boxes were sent up recently 

 to New York and a good profit per crate 

 realized. Orange culls are sold in the 

 neighboring city of Ciego de Avila for 

 40 and 5c cents per hundred in thousand 



lots and there was considerable buying. 

 The com])any figure on 96 trees to the 

 acre and even at the lowest prices quoted 

 lh(.re is an inci-me of ntariy $100 per 

 acre as soon as the trees begin bearing. 

 The yield, of course, increases yearly. 



Ceballos exi)ects to have i,coo acres of 

 citrus fruit in bearing next year, and 

 allowing 96 trees to the acre and a box 

 '"f fruit from each tree, the first fruits, 

 there will be 96,000 boxes for the New 

 York market next season. The prape 

 fruit and oranges were especially good 

 Hud the packing house presented a busy 

 scene, as a large force of men and boys 

 worked steadily from morning to night 

 packing and shipping the product of the 

 many acres under cultivation in this sec- 

 tion. 



The ice plant is in full operation and 

 supplies Ciega and other places daily. It 

 is the company's intention to build an- 

 other plant at Ciega and supply the de- 

 mand along the line. 



Tea grows in Ceballos and the plants 

 on Mr. Kydd's place (he has -about 160 

 acres) were about two feet high and 

 very thrifty. The matter is still in the 

 experimental stage and nothing more 

 definite can be said at tbis time until 

 the leaves are dried and brewed which 

 will be in a few months. 



Ceballos soil is red. The sugar cane 

 plantation. i,coo acres, looked well. In 

 dry weather ]nnes are not so sweet, 



Irrigation tanks in a Tobacco field. The Foreground is filled with young plants. 



