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between the prices of poor and of fine fruit, that the grower would find 
it entirely to his interest and to his profit to be careful in the gathering 
and selection of the fruit he brings to market. Yet another drawback 
is the — on of the steamers which now carry what fruit is 
shipped, and the irregularity and uncertainty of the delivery of the 
fruit at his deni bi I suppose this desideratum is one that will 
remedy itself so soon as the “trade” becomes sufliciently large, but it 
is to be regretted that the present mode of conveyance does not give the 
shipper and the consumer all the advantages that could be derived by a 
speedy transport pending the increase of the tr 
The exportation of fresh preserved fruit is yet in its infancy, and I 
believe has hitherto been only tried experimentally. It now awaits 
only capital and energy and success will be achieved. 
Jams, Jellies, and Preserves.—At present the sugar used in the 
iiri of these has to be imported from England and from 
America, weighted with a heavy freight and a still heavier import duty, 
and before it reaches the markets another freight has to be inc ar 
will thus be seen that West India preserves cannot in an 
compete with the home-made sweets of England and the United States 
where sugar is cheaper than in its native land. 
After all that has been written on fruit-growing, perhaps the most 
important necessary to advance the economical industries of 
m 
is absolutely indispensable, even at the cost of increased taxation. 
J. Cox FILLAN. 
MONTSERRAT. 
This small island has become the head-quarters of the oe industry in 
the West Indies, chiefi yt he well-known 
Montserrat Lime Juice Company with whieh Mr. Facts Sturge is con- 
nected. There were recently exported from Montserrat :—Lime juice 
of the value of 10,300/., — Limes of the value of 3257, Tamarinds 
- of the value of 254/., and general fruit of the value of 93/7. The prin- 
Fs fruits deekerintóry i Mr. J. Spencer Hollings as growing at Mont- 
are Java Almond (Terminalia MT EB Avocado Pears, 
Bie “Bell Apple (Passiflora maliformis), Water Lemon (P. lauri- 
folia), Citron, Cocoanut, Custard Apple, Date, Fig, Forbidden Fruit, 
Genip, Granadilla, Guava, Hog Plum, Jamaica Plum ( dias pur- 
rea), Java Plum (genio Jambolana), Jack-fruit, Lemon, Lime, 
ammea Sapote, Mango, "ts Orange of several varities, Pineapple, 
Pear, Water Lemon, Bell Apple, Guava, Hog Plum, Lime, Mango, 
Mammee Sapote, Orange, Pineapple, Plantain, "— the Shaddock are 
abundant. The Lime and Tamarinds are largel 
The months of June to December are the chief imd months, At 
