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until July, or later, and is especially valuable on this account ; tree 

 prolific, with very few thorns. 



Whitaker, quality of the very best, type of the finest Florida sorts, 

 medium to late ripening, vigorous and productive. 



Of the Mandarin Orange we have the China Mandarin, small flat- 

 tened, deep yellow colour, skin thin, skin and segments loosely adherent, 

 flesh dark orange colour, spicy and aromatic, tree dwarf, bears young, 

 prolific, vigorous, willow -like foliage, with few thorns ; Dancy's Tan- 

 gierine, fruit a little larger than the China, which it resembles, except 

 in its deep colour, tree unlike the other Mandarin varieties, resembles 

 the sweet orange in size and foliage, though it retains the peculiar 

 aroma, thorny ; Satsuma, a native of the Japanese island of Kinshiu, 

 and named after one of its chief provinces, fruit medium sized, flat- 

 tened , deep orange colour, smooth, thin skin, which is sweet, aromatic. 



Of Lemons we have Imperial, fruit very large, with a fine aroma ; 

 habit of tree robust and vigorous ; Bijou, fruit small with a delicious 

 aroma ; growth of the tree very dwarf and fruitful, a remarkable sort ; 

 White, one of the largest and best ; Genoa imported into California 

 from Genoa, Italy, an early bearer, ever bearing, and fruit of the best 

 quality as a market lemon, rind sweet, standing the test of both hot 

 and cold water for twenty-four hours without developing bitterness, 

 tree usually nearly thornless ; Villqfranca in very high favour as a 

 lemon for market and home use, quality of the very best. 



In addition to plants of the Citrus family, about 100 fruit trees have 

 been put out at Resource, these include Peaches, Pears, Plums, 

 Persimmons, Currants, two kinds of Fig, four kinds of Pomegranate, 

 four kinds of Mulberry, Loquat, Olives, etc. As there is plenty of 

 land available, Resource should become a most valuable property for 

 experimenting with, and propagating fruit and other plants from sub- 

 tropical and temperate climates, which would be likely to succeed at 

 elevations from 2,000 feet upwards. 



Sugar Canes. Over 50 varieties of sugar-cane from Hope Gardens 

 are also being tried, to find out which kinds are best suited for grow- 

 ing in the hills. The canes grown from these will be distributed free 

 to settlers in the district who cultivate cane for making (t new" sugar. 



Bermuda Lily. This beautiful lily is cultivated as a field crop in the 

 Bermudas, to supply English and American growers with bulbs, and it 

 appears to be a very remunerative industry. Mr. A. Crane who has 

 recently settled in Jamaica, from Florida, imported 40,000 young bulbs, 

 and these have been planted at Resource, being placed eight inches 

 apart in rows which are eighteen inches asunder The work of 

 thoroughly cleaning and preparing the ground, and planting the bulbs 

 entailed considerable expense, which has been borne by Mr Crane. 

 This is a highly interesting experiment, as if it succeeds, bulb farming 

 in Jamaica will, doubtless, become of considerable importance. 



Buildings. In addition to the work outlined above as having already 

 been carried out at Resource, three small bmldings have been erected, 

 viz. : a small office, a tool shed and store-room, and a mule shed. 



Plants Distributed. The number of plants sold during the year 

 amounted to 546, and of tree Tomato fruits 270 dozens, weighing 5421bs. 



