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quantities from negro peasants in the neighbourhood of Port 
Antonio. There was practically no capital invested in the culti- 
vation. The settlers were induced to grow bananas in small 
patches of an acre or two and to deliver the fruit at the port of 
shipment. Inthe aggregate these small patches hes en —— 
Fie aa to fill all the first pie engaged in the trade. The fruit 
rade in Jamaica is now s ans o crating nearly 500; 0007. 
from 107. to 207. per acre, the planter is able, with a comparatively 
small capital, to establish his land in cacao, coffee, m utmegs, limes, 
oranges, and cocoa-nuts, which, when the bananas are exhausted, 
ica, but o e est eram Talents ‘suitable for the 
hie Latterly, many sugar estates have been converted into 
banana walks, ega all sections of the community have taken part 
418. 
delicious oranges is a most bares here of the resources apr t 
is EET and 
the export of fruit ten years ago (1886-87) was of the value of 
58, 2887. Last year (1895-96), owing to the falling off of supplies 
from Florida, there arose a sudden and keen demand for Jamaica 
oranges in the _ United States with the result that the total 
is may not be maintained in future years ; Pai it i 
that the island can furnish almost any tropical produce serded 
intelligence and care are brought to bear upon the cultivation and 
suitable means adopted for shi pping the produce 
419, The grape-fruit is a member of the ssi tribe that has 
lately come into great favour in the United Sta It is a fruit 
allied to the shaddock, but smaller, and with a finer flavour. 
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were already plentiful in Jamaica, and the island was at once able 
to meet the demand. Last year the value of the exports was 
nearly 6,0007. It is probable that it may eventually be more 
profitable to grow the grape-fruit than the oran nge, 
420. The cultivation = pine-apples for the ae States market 
is greatly influenced by the extent Lge value of the cultivation 
carried on in Cale. "Bek oun, and in the more tropical parts of 
Florida. At present there is an ROHR SS demand in the United 
tes owing to the falling a away of exports from Cuba. This ma y 
suggest the desirability of giving poo attention to the subject 
in Jamaica. In the Liguanea ins the conditions are very 
favourable for pine cultivation, but the subject has not been taken 
