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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



CUBAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



Demand Active for Cuban Onions at Profitable Prices— Outlook for Cuban Potatoes 



Favorable— They Bring Prices Slightly Higher than Floridas — Careful 



Sorting and Packinf of Pineapples a Profitable Invesment. 



Speciall.v written for Tin- CL UA KKVIKW by L iiuT-ltiirry Loiiipanv, New York. 



Vegetables are arriving very freely from southern sections and in consequence Cuban 

 vegetables of most kinds are receiving less attention. Most Cuban receipts are now over- 

 ripe, as it is more difficult to place the stock on this market in sound condition during the 

 milder weather than earlier in the season. The toniatoes, while usually showing attractive 

 style, packing, etc., are soft and spongy, and it is difficult to interest other than cheap 

 trade, with recent sales largely in range of $1.50(02.25 per carrier. Green peppers have 

 sold from $1.25(52 per carrier, but show too much red to attract best trade. Egg plants 

 are still arriving in quantity and selling from $2.50(^3.50 per box, latter figure for very 

 nice stock and some wasty lots have had to go lower. Okra has declined to $i(g2 per 

 carrier, though strictly fancy when found still reaches $2.50(g3, but demand is becoming 

 very limited. White squash is selling well at $2(S2.25 per bo.x when ripe and choice, but 

 anything green or unattraciive, either in quality or packing, has to go at lower figures. 

 Yellow crook-neck squash would sell well, probably higher than white, but very little 

 arriving. 



Domestic old onions are nearly all more or less sprouted and unattractive, incident to 

 the lateness of the season, and with stock losing favor with buyers, more attention is being 

 paid to new, which are arriving from Bermuda, Texas and small quantities from Cuba. 

 The Cuban onions generally show very attractive quality, and it is probable that demand 

 will be active at profitable prices for some time. A few sales were made last week up to 

 $3.50 per crate, but market has eased oflf to $3.25 at the close, which is just a trifle under 



Packing Pineapples in Cuba for the Northern Markets. 



