Grenapa Fruits, —— 
Name of principal Fruits. When in Season. Local Prices. 
ges - - - | December to wks ma ~ bis ls. per 109. 
Pine Apple - - | February to Apr mae en. 
ango  - - - to - ed ~ ls. per 100. 
Sapodill - - | December to April z- | Ts: per. 100. — 
- - | Whole y - 6d. to 1s. per bunch. 
Plantains - - - | Whole year - - | 6d. to 1s. per bunch. 
Limes  - - - | October to December ~ - | 3d. per 100. 
Guava - - - berto December ~ - . per 100. 
Avocado Pear - - | July to September - - | 1s. to Is. 6d. per 100. 
st have been given. ere are numer other fruits 
adapted for export fo. the neighbouring islands, the following veing 
among the mos spe AE F rtocarpus t 
Sweet Sop (A odes ), Suge ple AT 
: Cashew (Anacardium occidentale), Water Lemon (Pas. 
: folia), Rose Apple (Lug ambos), Granadilla ( Passiflora quad 
= MRE anu Star Apple (eem Cainito). | 
It is almost i - to judge of the amount of fruit avai ‘lable 
o 
There are at nt enormous quantities = fruits allowed to- 
rot owing to there not beig sufficient-demand for t : 
The whole of the fruits mentioned above, cime Oranges, Pine- 
apples, Mangoes, and Sapodillas, are capable e of being produced i in much 
larger quantities "than at present. ‘To develop a fruit trade in Grenada 
we s re a market for our fruit, ar / 
r 
properly dece c. 
establi. 
shed by any entèrprisi rising local finis; 
Ju 
h th lucements local men w sat pay s 
eu ——— n abundant £ Mir ot felt oE 
all the yeai Su. Pamphlets could.also be distributed. throught 
country bivisg hints as to the best modes of cultivation, &e. 
The importation of fruit into this Colony is‘confined almost entire 
erystallized fruits and English fruits in syrups ; oe ecasionally a 
Apples find their way here from mee but-the pem is very 
ranges, and 
— latter varieties ` 
quality, and the tw 
EE. English: market. | i 
col would — to PES attention. to the 
“the country sete t E mo are hun of 
unsuited to ies trait — be mA ibur 
profitably. 
