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“ general concurrence of opinion on the point that coffee is the 
Me ‘ best and in every way the most suitable economic plan 
“ encourage in this island as a reer asic and ‘second string 
our present staples—cocao and nutmegs. 
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217. It was recommended that n e in regard to the best 
methods of planting, growing, and curing coffee should be dis- 
tributed in the island, and that the Botanis Station should supply 
plants at cost price. Mr. Whitfield Smith speaks highly of the 
prospects of Liberian coffee in Grenada. He states that Liberian 
coffce is very hardy “ and grows in localities where paeng any- 
thing else will grow, from the sea-shore up to 1,500. culti- 
vation is being taken up by large planters on land too high for 
If the peasants were as. encouraged to purchase or rent 
possible to establish a considerable area with Liberian coffee in 
the island. “ Thisis all the more probable,” Mr. ene continues, 
“ when it is remembered that to the tenants and peasants who 
“ planted cacao in this way in years gone by Grenada Sires the bulk 
“ of the cacao fields existing at the present day. 
218. Mr. Gurney is a strong advocate for the cultivation of 
coffee as an adjunct to cacao and n utmegs. “I find,” he adds, 
“the Liberian coffee the most hardy and the most suitable to eur 
“class of labourer and cultivati tion . . it thrives from sea- 
“ level to the mountains.” Pr ms have recently been offered 
y overnment of Grenada for the encourage offee 
cultivatio nd e is every indication that the subject will 
would be well : 
latter would then take are place of the former if it failed. It is 
fell kno 
coffee loses its seats coarse flavour by keeping. at, 
probably, is the reason why Liberian coffee is more in demand in 
the American than in the English market. 
OTHER INDUSTRIES. 
219. The cultivation of Kola has received some attention in 
Grenada, and is extending. Mr. Gurney states that the trees grow 
readily at most elevations, and, in his opinion, will eventually 
prove a source of revenue. The trees take as long to come into 
poring as nutmegs, but require little or no attention ; and the 
prices E obecbana “are most erratic and unreliable at present ” ; but 
it is pointed out that “any price realised over, say, 4d. per lb. 
would yield a profit.’ 
220. There is probably not sufficient land easily accessible for 
embarking in a Banana cultivation, but the cultivation of Oranges 
and grape-fruit should be remunerative, as citrus fruits generally 
are excellent quality. The oranges clos ely resemble the once 
us St. Michael’s orange, and the ontply is abundant. Some 
shipments made to New York in 1895 cleared 4 dollars per barrel. 
While prices are good, it kaila be most desirable to carry on a 
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