THK OLIVE IN THE WEST INDlKa. 597 



more euergy and enterprise are needed in the island to advance various 

 branches of agriculture and fruit culture, which at present, being 

 carried on in a shiftless manner, bring no profit. 



TRINIDAD. 



Mr. J. H. Hart, government botanist, to Consul Sawyer. 



Trees grow rapidly and exist for years, but have never been known 

 to produce fruit. 



CUBA. 



■SEPOBI BY OONSUL-QENERAL WILLIAMS, OF BAVA-NA. 



With respect to olives, I have to say that a few experiments have 

 been made by the florists in the suburbs of Havana to cultivate this 

 tree, but so far as I can learn, it has not borne fruit. 



Eamon O. Williams, 



Consul- General. 

 United States Consulate-General, 



Havana, November 24, 1889. 



GUADALOUPE. 



Director of Botanical Garden at Basse-terre, to Consul Bartlett. 



Olive trees are very scarce, perhaps not a dozen of them in the island. 

 Olives are not grown for exportation. 



St. Felix Olaedeau. 



