TIIF. CUBA RFA'IEW And Bulletin. 



CASTILLOA ELASTKA. about throe years old. One of the rubbers for Cuba, thrlft.v and hard.v. 



RUBBER IN CUBA. 



CUBA'S position in the world's rubber 

 producing territory while on the edge 

 is yet distinctly within the rubber belt. 

 Up to this tiine but comparitively little at- 

 tention has been paid to the rubber plan- 

 tation possibilities of Cuba, said recently 

 Mr. Henry C. Pearson, of the India Rub- 

 ber World, and there are no definite records 

 of rubber planting attainable. The rainfall, 

 he found, is heavy enough for rubber and 



• See the July, 19<J7, Issue of the CCBA REVIEW. 



the soil and climate of Cuba, especially in 

 the eastern part of the island, very suit- 

 able for the cultivation of these trees, facts 

 which have been known for a half century 

 or more. He found rubber bearing plants 

 in the province of Pinar del Rio, indigenous 

 to the island and known to the native as 

 "goma," "gomero" and "palo babo." 



C. F. Baker, chief of the Botanical De- 

 partment at the Cuban Agricultural Ex- 



