JAMAICA. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT- 



New Series.] MAY, 1896. V ^ir^ 



CITRUS FRUITS, 



The following letter from the Manager of the Boston Fruit Co., will 

 show what is being done by one Company alone in Jamaica. 



The Mandarins referred to in the Enclosure are generally called Tan- 

 gierine here. Notes on Lime Juice are published in the Bulletins for 

 May and Sept. 1895. 



Capt. L. D. Baker to Director of Public Garaens and Plantations. 



Port Antonio, March 28, 1896. 



Dear Sir, 



I herewith send you letter which I have received from a very ex- 

 tensive travelling friend of mine, who has favoured me with his opinion 

 in reference to oranges and citrus fruit. I thought perhaps it might 

 suit you to add this to your Bulletin. 



Oranges. — I am glad to say that the lot of oranges you ordered for 

 me have been put out at Hyde Estate, and are looking bright and 

 prosperous. I have, since that time, ordered from the same parties, 

 nine dozen more. They have arrived and are being put out at " Golden 

 Grove" and " Belvidere ;" and I now have another order in for 1,000 

 trees for " Salt Pond" property. I think this will be quite enough 

 this season to give us all the buds and grafts that we may need, and 

 establishing the fact of growing oranges successfully in Jamaica. "We 

 have nurseries of our own to the extent of about 20,000 trees, two 

 thougand of which were planted from seeds a year ago and are now 

 from 18 inches to 3 feet high and almost ready to take the bud. The 

 balance has been planted this last season. 



I consider it very important that we should use every effort to put 

 our orange production on a safe basis against any competition ; and I 

 see no reason why we cannot. 



With kind regards, 



Yours very truly, 



L. D. Baker. 



