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hours in passing over the town, and at the botanical station some foyer 
was done by them to the plantains 
Industries in Florida.—In the Kew Bulletin, 1895, pp. 125, 126, a 
ote was given respecting the serious effects on the orange groves of 
1895. The extent and « 
the tropical and sub-tropical cultivation in Florida, ineluding that of 
orange growing, were very considerable. The following tables are 
taken from a Foreign Office Report (Annual Series, 1895, No. ae 
St. Joh: 
TABLE 1. 
y Em of Vagai and Garden Products of Florida (Products of 
45 Counties) for the Year 1891. 
OG ea pU Airek, Quantity. |- Classifier. Value. 
Ek plant | "ENS Wm | 1056 
zg pant. * : 10 ,16 rrels - 15,983 
Squashes - z 13,270 » *| 20588 
riget - - 2,582 219,888 »----|- 210,239 
- - - 80,616 Crates - 112,823 
Cucu ibo - - 798 56,339 » - 63,739 
English peas E - 123 5,576 5 - 6,950 
Beets : 5 10,865 » č 8,533 
Water melons - - 2,897 | 1,895 Car loads - 136,569 
Tomatoe - - 4,098 421,746 oxes - 25,226 
Irish, potatoes - = 710 | 45,020 Bushels - | 62,149 
TABLE 2. 
RETURN of the Fruit Crop of Florida for the Year 1891. 
Articles. gine d. Quantity. | Classifier. Value. 
P olla 
Oranges - - -| 2 eo d 8,585,564 | Boxes - | 3,838,517 
Le a 31,586 P 4 50,348 
Limes - - 6. et 9,375 s - 5,536 
Peaches. - - - 326,739 74,725 | Bushels - 83,465 
Figs - - - 8,714 E - 4,146 
me - - - — 5,817 a - 8,948 
vocado pears - 2 54 Barrels  - 1,605 
saati ke asa EES 4.555 2,788 » - 7,824 
Pears: - - E 199,176 25,366 9 - 58,254 
Grape fruit E asia 12,123 8,74 » 3 18,627 
Bananas-  - - 50,822. | Bunches - 22,189 
.  Btrawberries.- - - — 1,054,717 | Quart E 212 
. Pineap STE = 8,240,180 | Apples - 612,780 
io ets 55,468 sient Nu à 1,70 
