THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



AGRICULTURE. 



17 



THE NEW STAFF OF WORKERS AT THE CUBAN AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 



SANTIAGO DE LAS VEGAS. 

 1. C 



F. Kinmau. fii-st assistant iu the Department 

 of Hortiiculture. 



2. Dr. Enrique Babe, first assistant, Department 



of Chemistry. 



3. J. D. Rose, assistant chemist. 



4. Guillermo Gonzalez, assistant chemist. 



5. J. T. Crawley, director of the Cuban Agricul- 



tural Experiment Station. 



6. Prof. C. F. Austin, Chief Dept. of Horticulture. 



7. J. S. Houser. first assistant. Department Ento- 



mology and Vegetable Pathology. 

 S. Dr. Nelson S. Mayo, assistant director and chief 



of Department of Animal Industry. 

 9. R. H. Mayberry, second assistant. Department 



of Animal Industry. 

 10. Rlcardo Villaescusa, firist assistant, Bureau of 



Agricultm'e. 



The alligator pear has fre- 

 Aguacates quently been called the avo- 

 Palatable, cado or avocato pear, though 

 Profitable, that name is merely a corrup- 

 tion of the Mexican aguacata, 

 which has nothing whatever to do with the 

 law. Alligator is presumably a corruption 

 of avocado, and as it bears no relation what- 

 ever to the alligator, so the fruit, or vege- 

 table, is nothing like a pear, except in its 

 shape. Its scientific name, says the New 

 York Times, is Persea gratissima, and the 

 fruit is indeed grateful to the palate, with a 

 well-compiled dressing of olive oil, lime 

 juice, and a dash of pepper, it is ripe, mel- 

 low, and nutty. 



Hawaii, noticing the increase in the de- 

 mand for aguacates in the United States, is 

 shipping them, and also pawpaws. 



According to the Chicago Record Herald, 

 the aguacate arrives in Chicago after its 

 long trip from Hawaii in almost as good 



condition as when it was picked from the 

 tree, and sells in the market for from 35 to 

 50 cents. 



Director J. C. Crawley 

 Cuban Ex- has gathered about him a 

 periment staff of capable people, ex- 

 Station pert in their several lines. 

 Work. and all tare prepared for work. 

 Investigations of importance to cane and 

 tobacco growers, to cattle raisers, truck 

 gardeners, citrus fruit growers, etc., are 

 scheduled for speedy attention. The re- 

 sults of their research will receive a wide 

 distribution over the entire island by 

 means of pamphlets and bulletins supplied 

 free to all who need them on request to 

 the Secretary of Agriculture. 



Within the ne.xt two months the station 

 will issue bulletins on five different sub- 

 jects and these will be written in both 

 English and Spanish, so that the English- 

 speaking interests as well as native Cuban 

 and Spanish interests will be covered. 



