412 FRUIT CULTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



be obtained nearly the entire year, though like the oranges they are 

 best in their season, which is the same as the orange season. 



There are no statistics issued on the subject from any source. Prices 

 of both oranges and lemons depend on the supply. The lowest price 

 for the best quality of oranges is about 4 vintius, equal to 4 cents. 

 The maximum price is about 8 vintins, say 8 cents. Lemons, or limes, 

 may be bought from ten for 1 cent to one for 3 cents, depending on the 



supply or scarcity. 



D. N. Burke, 



Consul. 

 United States Consulate, 



Bahia, March 1, 1890. 



BRITISH GUIANA. 



BEPOBT BY CONSUL WALTSALL, OF DBMBRARA. 

 ORANGES. 



Varieties. — The oranges grown in this colony are known as tangier- 

 ine, bitter, sweet, and myrtle. Under the term " sweet," several varie- 

 ties are included, which have no distinctive name. 



Situation. — The groves are on the coast lauds and banks of the rivers, 

 inland from the sea, varying from a few hundred yards to several or 

 many miles, but scarcely above the sea at aU, as the alluvial land lies 

 mainly below the level of spring-tides. The cultivated lands are gen- 

 erally open, -with little shade, and almost exclusively level. The soil is 

 alluvial, forming a stiff blue clay, with a superficial covering of " pe- 

 gass," or vegetable mould. 



Climatic influences. — The year consists of two wet and two dry sea- 

 sons, more or less irregular in duration. December and January are 

 generally rainy ; February and March usually dry ; April (in whole or 

 in part), May, June, July, and sometimes August, are more or less wet, 

 May and June being generally very rainy ; September and October 

 almost invariably very dry, as is sometimes a part or the whole of No- 

 vember. February, April, August, and November are, however, very 

 variable and uncertain. 



The temperature is singularly uniform. The extremes on the coast 

 are about 70° and 90°, Fahrenheit. The difference between day and 

 night is more marked than the variations of either the day or the night 

 temperature at the diliereat seasons. The mean maximum temperature 

 of the days is about 87°; mean minimum of the nights, about 75°. 



There are not many days that can properly be called sultry, as good 

 breezes geiierally prevail at all seasons. 



The rain-fall is variable, ranging within the last twenty years from 

 i")2 to 108 inches, hut averaging alxmt 85 or 90 inches. 



