Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-07
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Seefa. aceeeding to 8ome. PaEadias vas
sifeattds thefe exafs Z e mendous
banana IFee. tha fruia ct whinn wien
cut tfanzgsrastg pFessn4s tha 6RuEs % q
Aan ofaciiiecf and local tFadifinn ~.
sefls lhas froa ita huee leaVss Adam
Ano EVe made EafUents for fheua-
eslRsA Bul uhelhz1 Adam nla ths ban.
ana IN tbs oaraen az Eden e noi must
- matter Of eompiets Indifference le
sneac who live 10 tha nineisenlh cnn-
satsi yel, e lha bausna hs fhe tree Ghat
preeueed tee forbidden fEuit thai ''the
soman saw vas eood for food, piensani
% tne eyes, End trea - ~ drslrad q
mate uae wfse, " cannns ha rnrnf.snd
So Was tempted g eat Il. Al any anla,
ne otscflptian, % ouF mind. appitra
usih eNpeoiai fczce 30 the lns1iuna clus-
| ssra5ct t1is pspnlar fruit.
Ahe aotlQuite cf tee nauana ig he
yond dispolH- fiiAg, an6nR other an
cieut scfloeas undpnbiedls speaha of a
nncsF iAe nAeas oE psiA. After wsiiirR
upon the pgcpert,ez u the Indian a.,
he say; 4heEe is another aFet IN In.
dia, slia larger and even more rsnark-
aoie Tor the eEs sad sweetnssa of iis
ffost, upon woiah the saces and aylnno-
sapOtets % lnata lise.R Tfae. scnns en-
thnriiies eoBleEd that this does not ia
reality npplY 70 the banana a All. but
e anetAsr KIND of fFnil. Upon tho faos
of Il, hoRevef. wIth dns rsspeut % these
able Ald adverse Opinions. We tbink wo
are safe - asserting seat i dooa. So
muoh Ter fancY--now for facts.
As ] have pFeVIoasly stated. % FefsR
10 tha musa, OF plan1ain tree. g lonla-
laonnt - opening the ufl-diGpniad
Que8fion e. 20 whether ft hs q uaiiVo 81
ccatkern Asia OF Of ths New World. Il
uas generally considered aa being 4 ns-
tive Of the fnFmer Until, a. DeCant ellie
STATES, Humboldt threw doubts On IA
pufelg Astatto origin, terrifying bis con-
tention by a. Eppoal % nnmotona
writer's who maintained that The eanana
vas eultfVstad ID America before ahe
Oonqaeat. Yet even tkis point may b
la&t IA aooyanse; nnd whether I inciina
10 the general belief that pEobahiy the
Species was infrodncod By the spanish
into San Dominaa and Brazil o. nof, ore
fact ie cleaF-thaf of iato yssrs iis POP
uiaEity for the table has vastly increased
and Il Il possesses she healthfui proper
tlan attributed 60 Is this h Eot 20 b.
Wondered g.. With regard 10 their cul-
tivafion. we hna ihat not only DO they
require tropicsl .heat. but that, "a the
otbeE hand. 40 fruit u mora susceptible
20 frost than the banana, and even IN
tbs troEies. eays old PEiiip Miller. they
Ksi8e them In ioW, Eioh gruund b. the
side Of gniiiea. WheFe they produce fruit
mosi parta Of the year.
Iarpposa it d noN pretty veil known
thal most Of the bananas aFo raised II
The West Indies, the Island of jamaica
especially, th1u9h they Rroe freely ia
all trapical lands. Iha fast % thsiE
Dbeapneas here shows that they must be
easily ouisivated aud this Il 90. for
even the widest tTibea h South America
and elsewhere succeed well n raising
Them. 10 the culture Of this iuscio1n
fruit Il is not 500 much 80 sAy that
nature seems 90 DO all faa Wofk herself,
tke share necessary for msn being al
most Nil sinos ali tke labor neeaed Ia
cuitivssina tca fFnit consists u setting
aus tba suckers that fern the treen,
nature being then lefi 70 DO TIE RESI-
until the time 70 cut the fruit arrives.
This oesars within year from plant
ina, tie plant. OF rather the tree. by this
time having reached heiQhth Of Ton
feet. WheEa considerable intslliRenea
10 brogght into FaquiSitioa the Bnekefs
are sei cut regularly 70 make planta-
ti0ns, with tbe trees abont fifteen feet
apart. something like our orchards. IN
case iErieation ia psaoticaole tfoF the
plants do best Ia NAmp, clo9ay aoii)
trenches are dQ1 between the rows Tor
water. On the other hand. the giants
are Ia mosi Gases plsatfd ahcat the
shove distance. hut, OF course, as with
our orchards, 90 With our banana piac-
tafiors. "a Is nov admitted thai thHy
both thrive and succeed. sud yield best,
too. II piAuied fuElheF apars ihan u Gus
tomary hf preaent. With the natives
and others the planting Of tne suoksfs
10 done wiah q primitive and pondsrous
hoe.
ID Dsubllesa no fruit ia more easy OF d.
aeslion aad 90 healthfui % ths baaana.
II takss on an average enly one h0ug
and foIty-dse minuies' stay il the d.
qasiiye 0raacs, end is, beIieTe the only
fruit IN existence thes requires such q
short tiBe 70 do 50; sven Kipe pears 10
quiFs nnore, and the proyerbial ripe
strawberry takes one konF longer.
hence, 70 she eriruFa, the aboFe fruit,
IL ny opinion, odera especial a1Vkn
taRea, and when properly ripe, fofua
delicany that has few equals. Like
thai ( The tomato, she entof sent Of
She banana ais0 arises, though no1 10
sneh great degree, from q pafely 60
quired taste, besides which the ocndi-
tion Of the fruit shozld b studied,
since, II unfips o. uneound. 4 is apt 70
be fOand fsthsE nauaaous, bat when
eaten IL good condition Is Il sxoeeiinR.
" paialabia and rich.
Il Il astonishing % hnd how rapidly,
especially Of iRfs years, ths banana has
arrnnR into favor. hondreda 81 bnnehas
of this pretty frnif being pat % tbe
mafketa day SITTER day through ia sea-
sen. Nuirifious and healttfai, ~ won-
der need be expressed nt theif i1cfaaa-
ina poprierity and cQnsuupfion, ana ID
veFincsaipn Of the Latter poips We SIMPLY
Fsfsg 70 tbs tE1ds 10 hEnanas fran Een-
eriHe, which shows tbae ils excoriatiop
fron Grand CanaFy ta considerably %
the Increase, aBd Il IL e1pceied that u
will soon become one Of lhe prinespal
expoEss, aa diroct osmmuniealiou be-
tueen Grand ti4naFy and lond0n Il e.
tabliahsd. Daring one year from 20 900
90 1000 clusters Of fhis fiuit ssfs
abipps6 % EuFope, averaging tbfe8 sail
linQs per ciustaF, Gfand CanaFy s1tns
o1nsri0nting hetWesn 15.000 and 5000
clusters.
Aso0rdine 10 one aufhofIfy, one poGud
az hauauas eoni4ins m0fs uutRifneut
sisan thEes pouBds Of meal ca Ga many
pounds cf pOlaioea, While as \ feed i
is in every sense euperior - tie wheai-
en- bread. Aiihcaets Is 1ruwa srautane.
oualy thfoaRhsnt ths tropics, when enl.
tiVAsad is yield is spFodiaions. fer an
aegs u g4cuod planted with b4aauas
wfii reinFn as much food material ~
thir1y-tnEee sores q Whsal o. oE1r 100
acres Of potatoes. II Il rot generally
understood that ba1auas--irisd, b1knd
or Eoasted-Are very arp4tixlne, nEd
thAt aliosd aa4 piEce6 iE 6isa viii
alternate slices 81 ofsn1e fhe7 Eaks
mns6 daiioiena dessert. IL tha West
Indies, where Ahsy are gfoBl Ia profu-
siou. as efs6esste, theg see 1arh e..
tes1nad - food. e1d being easlly sb--
talnad neaFsy 81 she year Fcund. fbeY
are lastly i0skea apen a. besna 8 eFsst
3ai1tg by fds raiises.-- TlAs EcAs.
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