The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-19
Sr,r,.n Main and the West Indies seud Us

spanish Main and the West Indies send US
c0coenuts."
ADO We use manyl"
About forty millions year: You see
they are used for syrups, and the soe,. -
crcun no for cocoa for the breakiasttseie.
In The spring and fall the market Tor them
Il active. Thew are cheap now, raoR'ng
sron ssS TO Saa q Thousand, wholesale.
think the taste for the raw nut u Increasing
In this country. and with benent 70 tne
neonle. They are very wholesome ga
ma,c, sends us the best lines; we IKE
wise rpt them from Nassau, baracoa,
and the UahaU,as. THIS Is about tRe ume
sor them n come Int season, aue tkey isst
n, ,hc summe,. Bananas come from Aspin'
vail prctty freely now-tbat i, the yelow
hsn,nas. and from the Spanish Maia. our
swnnlv was never larger. You can see by
the way tbey are selling on the streets mat
thew are cheap enough fer everybody, Five
steamers coxle to this port every month
loaded with bananas from AspinwalL Each
vessel brings from five TO twelve thousand
lunches. Cur consumption Is verv targe."
"Do the red. bananas come from the same
placer" ,y,
nroba 5ly haze hundred cargoes year from
there. Each cargo coutains ABBOTT 2,0OO
lunches. They are worth from III 10 SLID
a bunch. and there are from 80 10 10 IN
bunch. After the goth Of March or there
abouts the prices range from Sl.20 10 ~ O
bunch: but even then that Is pretty ebeap.
A,p,nwa,l Eeeps sending them along until
about the middle OF June; after that ia
maica ships ber crop"
YaCtr FROM THE gRoPIcs.
Those peculiar.iookine, dried.up. un'
sbapely things set out upon stand IN oI'
ton street among the oranges, lemons, Da'
napas. and other inviting and luscious
things of that kind, are tropical fr%ts.
They are known as zapotes- caimiios, 'cn'rl'
cnoyns, suanabanas, manages, guayaeas'
ay,iaca,es. and fruta bomba. They are
mostly used By foreigners. or Americans
who have long resided In trop'caI countries
aad have acquired taste for them. Al Tue
heg,nning il was difficult TO make these fruits
tnown. al think, however," the propu-
e,o, ~ the shop Ia question added. "tbat the
tas,e Is spreading. for they have become Il
nerxmanent merchandise. To be sure, a
great many OF nv customers are foreign.
hui ,oany Americans are tindinS out the
uses 60 which this tropical fruit can be ap-
plied. Now, there are tamarindG They
make delicious drinE OF the lemonade
order. You first bolt them say bali pint
In a owsrt Of water, pat 10 some sugar.
lump Of ice, and there you are. Invite your
friends. and you can astoniSh them with a
most delicious beverage. can't say whether
II viii take a sstick or not, but that's easiy
tested. | shouldn't wonder. Sticks OF
one kind or another are common all over the
,fatn hDDnmlnU
popular. Tou know they are the mama OF
the tropics. 10 the countries where they
grow thew are the bread, cheese, and pota-
foes OF the uatives. They eat them raw.
baked. boiled, and stewed-cook them dry
or with oil, lard, or butter. Indeed, plan.
tains have the quality OF remaining good
nnder al sorts OF treatment. Done in oil,
with eggs, they are especially fine; but for
a very delicate stomach perhaps butter
would be good substitute for oil. They
are fr( quentIy used here now on the break
a.ttable. They cost from thirty cents to
sixty cents dozen. Very choice are sold at
seyenty.fiye cents dozen. That is not dear,
YOU see, considering how delicate they are
and the care that must be observed 10 keep
them. All the fruit is very perIshable. We
have TO bring 1t in ice-boXes and keep 1t in
ice boxes. This fruta bom5a is sort OF
melon, and aguacates is the alligator pear.
II makes a most appellzing salad. Guaya-
has are highly priced, and excellent plsies
and jelies are made from them. / need not
refer to the zapotes. They are well known
nov; and 20 are the mangoes. We bring
these goods from the West Indies. where
they ale very plentiful. but they are 50
easily injured that don't think the trade
can ever be enlarged to any considerable
extent"