=~ eelined within ie ies 15 yeh dep does not no' 
more than 4,000 to 5,000 fruit The wholesale price 
hundred. 
The Banana, Plantain, and Cocoa-nut can be obtained d:ovhghó P the 
year. The annual yield of the Banana must be fully 400,000 iM: 
by far the greater p of d Kec Puts The gos 
Wholesale E from ls. to 2s. Gd. per 
The Plantain is extensively grown, det being an important article of 
food, reece he entire crop is consumed in the Colony. The annual 
yield is nearly equal to that of the Banana, The Lone available 
for expor rdiet is much less, and does not exceed at 
more than 300 to 400 bunches. Wholesale price is from pw 6d. to 4s. 
neh, 
The Cocoa-nut is also extensively consumed at home. ‘The al 
crop is about 1,000,000 nuts, of which from 8,000 to 10,000 can 
thor p any month for export. Wholesale price 4/. per thousand B 
both for home consumption and for export. The-q 
exported is about 2,000 bushels. Wholesale price averages 4s. ‘per 
bushel. 
The Mango is in season from d to August. No reliable estimiite 
of the extent of the crop can be given. It is never less, however, than 
1,000,000 fruit, nearly all of xd. are locally consumed: Owi wing to 
the ra apid ripening and decay of this fruit after being plucked, it is- 
ae impossible to export it with any prospect of success. It 
not stand a sea-voyage of over a few days’ duration. m 
is habetis exceedingly small, and is almost entirely confi 
near port of Key W 
"The above quite dis apply to the XUocado feri the — 
Sour ya and the Sugar A 
Wholesale icd 4s. to 65. per E us Er 
The Sapodilla, first crop, is in season in February and TOME e 
the second crop i n August and Septem mber. 'The tree grows wi 
cultivation and in the e annual yield i isim 
being several ilios only : a propor tion of del is utilised, 
x price 9d. per hundred. 
e Sug E ei is not avitubla for pecu = the Sour Sap 
Limited quantity only (not over 1,000). sale ] 
latter is about hu 
-The Wate 
n 
-Th r Melon is obtainable in quantity for export from 
Bápteber Pp crop is about 10,000 only, abow 
is exported. Wholesale price averages 14. 5s. per hund 
died Sega can be obtained throughout the year, but p 
-during the summer and autumn months. Annual yield about 
as that of the e Water Melon. Wholesale price also about the 
à Guava s e 
almost ent tirely used fn the f preserves. ‘Thi 
foreign trade in the raw I ; Wholesale price a about 2s. p bushe! 
