THE WEST INDIAN FRUIT INDUSTRY. 



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termed, in the following islands ; — St. Kitt's, Nevis, Antigua, Montserrat, 

 Dominica, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, and Tobago. The 

 botanical departments of Jamaica and Trinidad also maintain gardens in 

 these two colonies. The garden, or station, in each island forms a centre 

 from which economic plants may be obtained at nominal cost, and reliable 

 information afforded as to the mode of cultivation. In addition, newly 

 introduced plants are tried to ascertain their suitability to local conditions, 

 manurial experiments carried out, tests made of methods of combating 

 plant diseases, and bulletins and pamphlets distributed embodying the 

 results of the experiments in a form accessible to all. The following 



Fig. 191.— Cashew. 



extracts from the annual reports on the botanic stations in Montserrat 

 and Dominica for 1903-4 will sufficiently serve to indicate the activity 

 displayed in the work of plant distribution : — 



Montserrat. — Total number of plants distributed during the year, 

 20,966, of which the following were fruit plants : — 



Limes . 

 Papaw . 

 Oranges . 

 Bananas 

 Pineapples 



10,676 

 1,293 

 920 

 105 

 108 



Dominica. — Total number of plants distributed during the year, 

 58,500, including : — 



Limes 24,154 



Spineless Limes ....... 750 



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