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have apui operations, and those in existence are not doing a very 
large: C TA of the duties referred to would etel 
. prove a great help to the fruit trade of these islands. 
em (4. ) Increased deman 
tropical fruits imported into the United St ri un 
o 
hods of cultivation, so as to increase the yiel 
a well-known fact that or fiic 
laces 
t ran 
years wei has been a marked deterioration in the size and flavour of 
the Bahama Pine Apple, owing, it is supposed, to the fact that all of the 
d has alr 
y been eultiva ere can be no doubt that the 
fruit can be improved by higher cultivation. Man fertilizers 
hould b enerally and fr d. The fields and orcha 
uld be kept ir as of weeds. The Orange and other fruit trees should . 
| regularly and ully pruned and scra These important. 
matters are ee neglected in the Bahamas, and the result is that 
d plants ar are usually in a weak and sickly condition. They 
the necessary vitality to withstand long periods of 
roug easily become the prey of the scale and other insects. 
The exportation of all fertilizers from the Colony ought to be prohibited, 
r every ounce of them which nature has bestowed "den us 1s required 
and ought to be generally used cn our own purpos 
(6.) The exercise of more care in the packing of. the fruit and in its 
sorting and grading, the latter Seius attended to 
As regards suggestions for the improvement of the fruit industry in 
Bah it might be !omentiones that the cuttings from the Pine 
rved at the Pine Apple Factories could be 
| delicately flavoured syrup. Valuabie 
m the leaf or stalk of the Pine Apple pl plant, 
and also from the Banana and Plantain ken Pe va nut. 
Perfumery could be extracted from Orange and losons 
Guavas T be more ii utilized in the oe of els an 
ther preserves. 
=. Baxuinos. 
The chief frnits grown in Barbados are Bananas, ras ies; Shaddoc! € 
‘ama Star Apples, Golden Apples; Avocado Pears, 
Cashews, Sapodillas, dm Apples, Chili Plums, 
fandi Mainmee Apples, and Pa 
- (a.) What 
er to Mareh. Sees The sur fruit available for UON are 
little fruit there is is. chiefly obtainable from Septem- m 
Tamarinds. : 
