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whatever might be the e offered. Until, therefore, the Virgin 
Islands are redeemed from the utter isolation which renders them a 
terra incognita to all but ve Pind official, I fear moe any resources 
they may possess either in this or any other line must remain 
undeveloped, 
BERMUDA. 
The following is a list of the chief fruits grown in the Bermudas :— 
The Sugar Apple, common, and bearing freely ; Cherimoya, becomin 
common ; mon, common, but san produced in sufficient quantities 
for home consumption ; ; Bitter ge, common, bears freely ; 
for early home consumption; Quince, fairly common, but not fruiting 
satisfactorily; Surinam i Charly (Eugenia uniflora), common, and 
ing freely; Guava, not very common, fruit unsatisfactory ; Potidgràtatté; 
common, but fruit not of much use; apaw arica =ni ya), common sr 
Musk Melon and Water Melon, comm bear 
profusely in early summer; Avocado Pear, a most rires siat highly 
esteemed fruit, but bearing most irregularly, some Vera in profusion nag 
a do 
others barely at all, obtains a high qe as much as 4s. to 6s. 
ana, common, bears egens de me, common, fon kedy, aid i is 
much used locally ; uat, common, v bos profusely. 
ese fruits are obtainable as follow 
Fruit. Season, Local Prices, 
Strawberry - - | January to May - - -- per quart. 
Loquat - - - |. January to March - 
Lemon - - - | Perennial E - nd to 2s. per doz 
Lime - - - - - | 9d. to 1s. 8d. por di 
ant - - = Do. - - | 2s. ae Ib. Coy the bunch), 
Sugar Apple - - | December to i E em 
w oe e re 
Musk Melon - - | July and August- - M. 1b. 
Water Melon - - Do. - | ld. DE 
Bitter Orange - - | October to December - | 6d. per d 
Sweet Orange - - Do. - | 1s.6d. 1035. “ed. per dozen. 
P - - 2 to ovetahée - 
. Tamarind - - - to r -| }No trade, 
Guava  - - - imei to October - 
Avocado Pear - - | July to Octo - | 4s. to 6s, per dozen. 
Grape Fruit - - tober to December - | No trade. 
Cherimoya - - Do. . - | 6s. per dozen. 
Surinam Cherry - - Perennial - - | 6d. per q $ 
Quince - > - | September to December - | No trade. 
None of these are available for export. 
- No fruits are exported at present; but Bananas aser Avocado 
Pears, Loquats, Strawberries, and Melons (perhaps), might be produced 
more largely, but it is — doubtful whether, nm hé general cir- 
cumstances of the soil, the limited amount of cultivatable As and the 
