The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-25

Hercules 'lew oranges, The cence. pretty bst
unfortunately for the theory, the orange no. into
doeed INTO Hayu At the time the Greek my hosogy WIS
invented
more especially about Christmas and OF
me churches decorated with branches Containing
sometimes blossoms and fruit Most families dsoss
TIER houses IN similar manner
The orange s Of spontaneous gro WITH but II requires
cultivation " develope properly Left to itself Is apt
70 degenerate nto VI the inferior varieties
a the ctren tribe The writer has, viewer, often eaten
excellent plucked from the roadside 10 Jamaica
me DeSI oranges ID Jamaica are gfowa ID tne pash o.
tai They are conveyed ~ kingstan 10 carts snd may be
seen 1t any time In immense piles in the market The
towns about twelve for I'D They bs plrchssed
FOR shipment At the rate Of 25 cents barrel
queDty, after every allowance is made for spolng th
cost of barrels, freight &C. the profit, when sod in New
YORK must be large. When steam communication Is es
tobisbed between Kingston and this place. beisk trad
ID oranges and other Jamaica fruits likely 70 spring up
the Legislature Of that Island has appropr $50
per sBnum Tor years 70 establish that mica
on and nov peuoing 10 carry the inten
NcDe Of the Legislature into effect
great care required In gathering the orange from toe
Tree for importation Il is usually pucked before II is
ps and allowed to rieD the passage The fruit shoui
NOT be allowed 10 drop the ground get bruised
ans eno and one rotten orange viii spoi whole barrel
package bored uli Of holes To admit the air
The wood OF the orange ia Of pale yellow color aud
eose srs,ned Il is used N marqaeterie work The walk
ug silcks arc esteemed the world There
sc principle which through this tree every part
pleasant tea s made rom decoction of the leaves.
The Seville, bitter orange known for ts Intense
sour JUICE snh the aromatic puugepcy Of ia rind u
MAKES an excellent candy The shadroc, the forbidden
ra the grape ru &c &C., are varieties OF the orange
The pantan ana the banana are varieties Of com
mon stock and each ia subdivded into innunerable
rleties they all, however, possess the same general
chafacteristcs. They both Indigenous TO the Wes
INDIES They oil consist OF phy substance, growing
the height OF ten or twelve feet which height the
ofapches each forming huge leaf Of from eight to
all sides Toe outer oider leaves bend gracefully w.
wards the earth, and in time, wither fall off the
inner leaves grow more upright and from the centre
spr ga teoder leaves folded together which
80 the Old leaves decay open and supply their place.
while young leaves form in their place These young
caves are well adapted To the dressing OF bsters burns
scaos &c, In consequences OF their cooling properties
Both tue pantain and the banana are unques.ionaby
nutritious and wholesome, but much be OF
their flavor, ea,en az usual, boiled roasted When
cod requires throat OF iron TO swallow such the
tendency has to choke The pautap is most pa!ateable
wren ripe and eaten fried. u is often made into very
eaable pie, which Is readily sold about the streets
In come towns Of jamaica as many ten and even
nteen pan's of arge size say loot in length, sell fer
three Cents 10 Kingston and some other paces, how
ever the pansn s much dearer, only two or three SELL
ing for three Gents fne rue applies 10 the banana
In Kingston from Six TO nine bananas OF large size sell for
three cents The larger kinds are, in fact, the
most profitable year Or two ago the Chinese banana
was introduced into the West Indies, and Is much
aneced there II IL very small tree, but bears bunch
OF fruit reaching TO tho ground.
!. has been demonstrated that excellent nbres can b,
. aSa esi s sna the suited
can be manufactured from the refuses but this valuable
material is allowed to run to waste. few years ago
gentleman named Sharp applied to the Jamaica House Of
Assembly for patent manufacture paper from the
panen and banana fbre but the bill fell through be-
cause the House Of Assembly refused appropriate about
$500 TO the payment Of the fees Of the officers OF bon
branches Of the Legislature to which they would be en-
tet on the second reading of the private BILL aud for
ms paltry consideration valuable undertaking wss
straDgled.
So pron6c s the pantaIu, that in favorable locality
single acre Of this fruit can support family OF FIVE per-
soDs ID comfort
OF late tho neesbery has frequently made It's appear
apce IN the Broadway fruit stores This fruit bears close
has tlin ssIn, insde OF which ia red pup very us
e'ous 10 the taste, and nearly similar favor TO q mellow
pear but more intensely sweet Indeed sweet the
neasberry, or sapaailo as is called 10 Of the
islands, that sugar s sometimes extracted from 1t The
hni. generally consins number Of black seeds OF a
slightly crescent shape The price in the West India TO WINS
We generally from nine to twelve for three cents.
The peasoerry is aage uee and III Indigenous to tho
family 81 known for the extreme hardness the tim
10 fsct the most esteemed OF the family is called the
neasberry bullet tree. II bears fruit very like the
neasbsny, just az sweet, but much smaller. The
berry is large and very graceful tree, With
rather small leaves of deep glossy green, and
very thick The leaf, il doubled, will crack and break.
The neosberry Is very delicate fruit, and requires
ways pueked before ripe and allowed to ipen in the
house II allowed 10 pen the tree 1t would inevitably
be eaten by birds, which very fond OF il.
The cocoanut is well known being familiar 10 nearly
everybody by means OF pictures, that description IS
barely necessary in this place It OF the most We
liable OF tropical fruit treeg IL bears throughout the
year, aud as many six HUNDRED been pucSed
from single tree during the year. The WATER milk
generally called oshe young nut is very grateful to
me thirsty traveller The young pup or lily, which
be eaten with spoon, is very delicious The oil from
the cocoanu ID about the best anti arion that be
empoyed for machinery, and Is prepared in the West
noies for thai purpose Large quantities are imported
INTO Jamaica, while the raw nuts are shipped from
mr. odSss an Ssn err
nufscture Of the oil by hydraulic pressure. he has
succeeded in obtaining two and half gallons Of oil from
100 nuts Now, he purchases the at 81 SO to So
per hundred and the oil sells at 81 so per gallon tho
business promises to be lucrative. Besides, native oil
viii always sell in preference to imported, as il will be
pure Cocoanut oil is sometimes used In cookery, but
there is prejudice against it in Jamaica, arising per-
haps from the fact Of such quantities Of aduernted
cocoanus In the towns Of Jamaica is from four six for
SIX cents. The ripe and the young sell at about the
sane price. me oocoanut exotic in the West Indies
70 be introduces INTO this city Kingston is
brought within seven days Of every fortnight as there
rs some likelihood that will soon be.
The fruit trade Of New York is immense, and shows tho
growth OF luxury in the city BY calculation arrived at
from Mr. Gimartn Of l6s Front street. something like an
approximation to the amount of fruit imported into Nav
York has been arrived at The quantity represents In
value above $55oo,0o per annum The following is
Prom the LIST April 70 LIST July no fewer than 30 900
punches q bananas are imported from Baracoa and Cuba
,s bs have
ceived from Jamaica By wholesale, bananas average
about 81 per bunch
During the Same period 10000 dozen pineappes are
usually imported from Metanzas, 40 900 dozen from st.
Bartholomew, and Is GOO dozen from Bahamas Ut from
So to 81 per hundred.
This season some panains have reached NewYork the
brst importation for number Of years. $4,000 have ar
rived, selling at 81 so pc. hundred
Some tamarinds have also arrived ia raw state but
more are imported in syrup The quantity now received
Is 400 kegs, at 81 per keg. Tho tamarind majestic
timber tree with leaf similar to the locus. The boys
the West Indies have antpathy to the tree because
the switches arc too often had in rcquson TO do their
1oaging.
OF oranges 1900 900 annually imported, which, at
$50 per thousand represents S140oO per annu large
quantity Of lemops is aso imported.
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