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$4,809,000, in 1913. Nearly all of the bananas are shipped to the 

 United States. There were also exported grapefruit to the value 

 of $92,170 annually, oranges $207,000, and lime juice $19,258. 



Leeward Islands. — The growing of limes is the principal fruit indus- 

 try of the islands of this group, especially in Dominica, where the 

 industry has attained its highest development. During the five 

 years 1909-1913 the lime crop of Dominica averaged 354,000 barrels 

 yearly. The flour barrel used for measuring limes will average about 

 160 pounds of fruit. Calculated on this basis the average annual 

 production was 56,640,000 pounds. The average annual value of 

 exports of limes and lime products during the three years 1911-1913 

 was $508,090. There were also exported from Dominica small 

 quantities of oranges and orange oil. 



St. Lucia. — The cultivation of limes is making rapid strides and 

 seems likely to assume an important place in the economics of the 

 island. Exports of limes and lime products increased from $1,411 

 in 1911 to $5,280 in 1912 and $15,220 in 1913. 



Trinidad and Tobago. — The area devoted to the cultivation of limes 

 and oranges in the season 1913-14 was 1,123 acres. The value of 

 fruit exported has increased from $3,908 in 1905 to $57,396 in 1914. 



CUBA. 



Among the fruits grown in Cuba are the banana, pineapple, orange, 

 lime, avocado (aguacate), anon (custard apple), fig, guava, mamey, 

 and sapote. 



Exports. — During the five years 1909-1913 there was exported from 

 Cuba an annual average of 69,063,000 pounds of pineapples, valued 

 at $1,189,000; 82,223,000 pounds of bananas, valued at $771,000; 

 6,195,000 pounds of oranges, valued at $116,000; and 84,233 pounds 

 of limes, valued at $1,521. Practically all of these fruits were shipped 

 to the United States. 



Imports. — The principal fruits and fruit products imported into 

 Cuba during the five years 1909-1913 and their average annual value 

 were dried apples, $5,740; fresh apples, $59,000; canned fruit, $73,000; 

 grapes, $39,000; prunes, $15,300; raisins, $27,300; olive oil, $928,000; 

 and wines, $1,574,000. 



DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 



The principal fruit exported from the Dominican Republic is the 

 banana. Shipments of bananas from Puerto Plata during the three 

 years 1912-1914 ranged between 592,000 bunches in 1913, valued at 

 $296,000, and 130,000 bunches in 1914, valued at $65,000. Practi- 

 cally all of this fruit was shipped to the United States. 



