. Notizie agricoli. Agricoltura -- West Indies; le malattie delle piante -- West Indies. 62 Il AGrJCULTUEAL NEWS. Februaky 17, 1906. WEST INDIAN FRUTTA. ST. LUCIA BANANE. In un recente lettei" al Commissario imperiale dell'agricoltura, il sig. J. G. Moore, curatore di Santa Lucia, le seguenti relazioni sui progressi compiuti in due exjjeri- mentale di lotti di banane a livello di Unione europea di Esperimento Stazione :-? Trama "A" contiene i acro, e fu piantato in aprile 190-5 con ventose dalla Santa Lucia stazione botanica, a 9 piedi da Hi piedi separatamente. Trama "B" contiene 1 acro, e fu piantato nel maggio 190-5 con ventose da Bai'bado

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. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 62 THE AGrJCULTUEAL NEWS. Februaky 17, 1906.. WEST INDIAN FRUIT. ST. LUCIA BANANAS. In a recent lettei" to the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr. J. G. Moore, Curator at St. Lucia, reports as follows on the progress made in two exjjeri- mental plots of bananas at Union Experiment Station :—? Plot 'A' contains i acre, and was planted in April 190-5 with suckers from the St. Lucia Botanic Station, at 9 feet by Hi feet apart. Plot 'B' contains 1 acre, and was planted in May 190-5 with suckers from Bai'bados, the distance apart being the same as in jilot 'A.' The land occupied by these plots had previously been cropped with Sea Island cotton, and no special cultivation was given. A considerable number of the suckers fiist jilanted were killed by a boring insect (? l^omarus bituho-culaUis), and sui>iilies were necessary to replace them. The following notes, made during the early part of .January 1900, show the conditions of these plots about eight months from planting:— Number of plants Plants fruiting Bunches ripe (or already cut) Bunches with ten hands ... , , , , nine hands „ eight „ , , , , seven hands or less . The bunches of saleable sizes are 87 per cent, of the total. 'A.' 'B.' 197 41G 127 252 9 12 27 53 80 34 88 19 16 THE COLONIAL FRUIT SHOW. The Colonial Fruit Show was opened at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on December -5, 190-5. In its issue of December, Tropical Life writes of the West Indian section of the Exhibition as follows:— Under the auspices of the "West India Committee, tropical fruits representing the West Indies made a very eftectivo show, the stalls extending as they did the entire length of the spacious new hall facing the main entrance. The exhibits also included Trinidad cigars shown by Messrs. James Pliili|i it Co., which w-eie awarded a gold medal at the Ciystal Palace Exhibiti<jn last summer. The Pioyal i

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