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The onions have at times been subject to a serious fungous dis- 
ease,* which causes great loss. A small insect, the “ Onion Thrips” 
(Thrips tabaci) frequently causes considerable damage by biting the 
leaves and causing them to turn yellow. (See ch. 29 and 37.) 
Tomatoes have been cultivated for a long time, and formerly were 
exported to New York in large quantities. After 1890, the amount 
rapidly declined from 28,830 boxes in 1890 to 146 boxes in 1900. 
This was due partly to competition with the fruit raised in Florida 
and other southern States, and largely to the high tariff. 
In 1871, the amount exported was 115,868 boxes, valued at 
£13,718 ; and in 1876, it reached 154,350 boxes, valued at £12,755, 
which is the largest crop recorded. Between 1880 and 1890 it 
varied from 122,160 boxes in 1884 to 11,283 boxes in 1889. The 
prices rapidly declined at the same time. (See table.) 
TABLE OF EXPoRTS OF PRopucTs FROM BeRMuDA, 1870-80 anp 1890-1900. 
Arrowroot. Beets, &c. Onions. Potatoes. Tomatoes. 
Qnty. | Value. | Pkgs. | Value.| Boxes. | Value. Bris. Value. | Boxes. | Value. | CTP: 
Ibs. | £ £ £ £ B | 2 
1870) 7484) 414 " |106640 19277 |11790 | 9254 | 49245] 5689 | 34884 
1871, 32940) 1473 | 81 | 16 |103400/20676 |11549 10958 11586813718 | 46906 
1872 34445) 2186 | 151 | 55 |161520/31760 |17948 |17915 |109781/12168 64085 
1873) 39573) 1768 | 158 | 94 |124730/30500 [20386 |19667 | 87507) 9432 | 61456 
1874 116081 507 | 367 | 145 |156871/48012 19048 |19568 | 80671/11528 74820 
1875 39003] 2393 | 846 | 195 |207671/20275 |31116 (26403 | 99775| 93829 58622 
1876, 4800 250 1043 | 257 /163590 28457 33099 26102 |15435012755 67901 
1877 21485, 1084 | 139 | 162 | 81803 22087 '21004 |21005 | $9429) 9149 | 53573 
1878| 16840) 780 /1882 | 295 |17868728090 |29739 14967 113772 5688 | 49820 
1879) 21346| 1317 | 789 | 165 |173566/31578 131275 |26785 | 64732) 4862 | 64707 
1880, 20624) 1289 /15683| 340 |185531/48553 |27562 20804 | 66975 6048 | 77034 
1890, 9213| 613 5180 | 742 |275750 82087 /35714 |84117 | 28830) 2518 |120075 
1891) 28050 1626 2514 | 271 |304975'81446 |27576 |27104 | 11438, 814 111264 
1892, 10000) 750 1628 | 212 |360842/55027 |26878 |27686 | 5759 282 83957 
1893, 35400) 1709 11655 | 206 |[353027/61578 |304864/27788 | 1781 137 | 91418 
1894 19880| 1002 | 891 | 111 |177166 45644 20110 |19482 | 2146 190 | 66429 
1895, 4547| 227 |1156 | 215 |295269'46048 |27148 |27004 | 1021, 92 | 73586 
1896, 8336 484 | 421 | 61 |329477/57437 [22882 |19820 | 456! 38 | 77340 
1897 6941, 429 | 438 | 49 |24564584548 20084 118527 | 467 28 |103581 
1898 22100, 1212 | 130 | 17 |297346'59737 |213014)18844 | 226) 18 | 79828 
1899 22300/ 111 | 67 | 10 [462701 66252 |26800 |24071 | 434 26 | 91470 
1900 33350/ 1792 | 67 | 7 [32669748490 [25148 |22914 | 146 11 | 68214 
Early beets and some other garden vegetables are now shipped to 
some extent to New York, but they have to compete with those 
grown in Florida, South Carolina, etc., with the high tariff in favor 
of the latter, so that this business is not a promising one, at present. 
* The onion disease in Bermuda has been discussed by A. E. Shipley, in the 
Bulletin of the Kew Royal Gardens, October, 1887. No. 10. It causes the 
leaves to rot at the base. 
