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The Vegetable Kingdom. 
coffee. This crop, sold at the annual average rate of 125 
gourdes per 100 lbs., would produce a revenue of 6,125 gourdes, 
or $471 per annum. As the Republic will give five carreaux 
of land to each family of emigrants, the revenue thus placed 
within the reach of every industrious man, of African descent, 
after a residence of two or three years, may easily be estimated 
by them. 
Sugarcane is a native of the plains, where the traveller often 
sees, with astonishment, gigantic specimens of it, varying from 
18 to 24 feet in height. Mr. Devimeux, a planter of Port- 
au-Prince, three years ago, exhibited a cane five inches in 
diameter. Once planted, this staple requires no further care, 
excepting to be cut down when it reaches maturity. As soon 
as cut, it begins to sprout again; and for at least ten years no 
replanting is necessary. A carreau of land, planted with cane, 
will produce, on an average, 9,000 lbs. of raw sugar. 
Cocoa grows in the valleys, on trees, and requires little at¬ 
tention. It is a profitable and important article of export. 
Rice, of good quality, is cultivated with success, but hitherto 
on a limited scale. 
Tobacco, with similar advantages of production, is treated 
with a similar neglect. Hayti, in times past, has produced 
tobacco equal in quality to that of Cuba; and it is to be hoped 
that she will soon again enter into competition with her slave¬ 
holding neighbor in this culture. 
Indian corn grows everywhere, and brings good prices in the 
markets. Emigrants would do well in introducing the seeds of 
the finest varieties. 
Ginger is produced in great abundance, and might be made 
an important export. 
Indigo grows everywhere spontaneously, and was largely ex¬ 
ported in the time of the French. It gives two crops a year. 
No produce, for an equal volume, returns so great a profit. 
Without intrenching on the other staples, the Republic could 
furnish two mi llions of dollars’ worth of indigo per annum. 
