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Edible Products. 



Yield Per Acre op Cured Nuts. 



Where 

 grown. 



St. Lucia... 



Dominica. 



Montserrat 



Antigua 



St. Kitts 



Nevis 



Variety. 



f Carolina Running, 

 j Spanish 

 j Dixie Giant 

 I Tennessee Red ... 

 fCarolina Running. 

 I 



•{ Spanish 

 | Dixie Giant 

 LTennessee Red ... 

 fCarolina Running. 



Spanish 



Dixie Giant 



i 



Tennessee Red ... 



Gambia 

 L Local variety 

 fCarolina Running. 

 I Spanish 

 •\ Tennessee Red 

 L Dixie Giant 



f Carolina Running 

 I Spanish 

 H Dixie Giant 

 I 



| Tennessee Red .. 

 L Local variety 

 f Carolina Running 

 j Spanish — 

 J Dixie Giant 



I Tennessee Red .. 

 L Local variety 



Yield in pounds. 

 "1908. 19097' 



Limed. 



504 

 no 

 Crop 

 obtained 

 1,137 



1,940 



335 

 459 

 889 

 364 

 failed to 

 grow 

 400 



680 



Unlimed. 



757 



613 

 535 

 370 

 2,740 2,320 

 1,440 1,320 



2,430 

 320 



Remarks. 



1,740 

 286 



440 

 400 

 960 



320 



400 



1,360 

 300 



2,215 

 3,090 



1,735 

 3,307 



300 

 1,800 

 1,400 

 810 

 120 



3,170 

 1,470 

 2,667 

 3,200 



3,200 

 1,200 

 1,813 

 747 



360 

 570 







In 1909 all the plots were by 

 diseases. 



In 1909 part of crop was stolen 



Soil is apparently unsuitable. 



Imported seed failed to grow 

 in 1908. 



Root disease, 1908. 



In 1908 the nuts rotted in the 



ground. 

 Root disease, 1908. 



1908 The nuts rotted before 

 ripening. 



On the whole, the Carolina Running 

 and Spanish varieties have done best. 

 Of the two, the Spanish is more likely 

 to be popular as it is a bushy erect plant, 

 and consequently easy to reap, while it 

 ripens in from three to four months. 

 The nuts are small ; this is a further 

 advantage, as they are frequently sold 

 by measure and not by weight. Tbis 

 variety is, however, very susceptible to 

 root disease. The Carolina Running 

 variety has a trailing habit, and the crop 

 is more expensive and tr-oublesome to 

 reap than that of the Spanish. This 

 habit would, however, be an advantage 

 if the plant were used as a cover crop or 

 green dressing. The nuts are large and 

 the yield good. 



In Dominica the trials have been 

 generally successful. A light soil such 

 as is suitable to the crop is not difficult 

 to find in parts of the island, and the 

 opinion is expressed that the crop should 

 be of use, particularly to peasant pro- 

 prietors (Report on the Botanic Station, 



Experiment Plots and Agricultural 

 School, Dominica, 1907-8, p. 31). The ill- 

 effect of a heavy soil is well shown by 

 the results obtained in Antigua, In 

 both islands the soil was carefully freed 

 from weeds and well prepared, but the 

 results obtained in Antigua were un- 

 satisfactory. 



Another point that appears is the 

 advantage of a dressing of lime in 

 Montserrat and Nevis. In Montserrat 

 the application was at the rate of 10 cwt. 

 per acre ; in Nevis at that of 1,200 lb, per 

 acre. Trials with lime were also con* 

 ducted in Dominica in 1909. A small 

 plot was planted with nuts (the variety 

 is not recorded) and half of it was limed 

 with slaked lime at the rate of 13£ cwt. 

 per acre. The limed half gave a "yield 

 of 12 lb. of nuts, the unlimed 9 lb. The 

 result was, however, considerably inter- 

 fered with by attacks of diseases. In 

 1910 the trial was repeated in Dominica 

 with a new variety, Virginia Bunch. 

 The area planted was 2,451 sq. feet, and 



