The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-12-09

Queen, the sort generally grown; the
Moscow Queen, an excellent variety;
the Black jamaica; Grown Sugar
/ Qaf, Ripley, St. Vincent, Black An
tia, re, excellent and highly favored
mines Emile, a handsome fruit;
Lemon Queen, White Providence and
fine Tri 1idad or La Brea, which is
fine large fruit sometimes reaching to
% lbs. wei sht. But we will now give
a brief sta cement of the varieties
GROWN in diffe rent places, the extent
OF culture, etc.
BAHAMAS. pineapple is grown
for export in the b ahamas IN fields OF
large size and of con siderable extent,
and it is their most important indus
try. OF the several varieties, only
two are considered profitable to cul-
tivate for export-the Spanish scarlet
and the sugar loaf. The former IS
the leading variety of commerce In
nearly every pine growing country.
1t is considered the best for general
cultivation as it will stand more cold,
is good shipper and will flourish
on poorer soil than any other. The
quality of the fruit is not as good as
that of some other sorts, but owing
to the ease of its cultivation, and its
capacity to resist neglect, it has
come to be the favorite: the plants
commence to bear quite earl y, and
when properly cultivated the fruit is
large. The fruit of the sugar loaf is
smaller but superior in quality and
needs extra care in cultivation.
The culture is extensive and large
quantities are grown and annually
exported tc various quarters, but
principally to London and New York.
They meet with remuneratiye sale
and afford both growers and shippers
handsome returns. The largest fields
are 20 to 60 acres in block and the
average yield is about 800 dozen per
acre. The season for shipment is
from April Is to July ID, and about
100 schooner loads are sent off each
season: about 10000 pineapples
make an average cargo. The average
price paid for the fruit is about AZ
cents per dozen for first cuttings, 36
cents for second, 30 cents for third.
When ripe, they are liable to decom-
position on the passage, and are
therefore shipped in a green state,
and ripen on board. II not sutfi-
GENTLY ripe on arrival they are placed
in warming rooms. Rainy and damp
weather is very injurious to pine
apples, and if combined with long
passage will render them worthless.
The loss on these voyages is con-
siderable, averaging about 80 percent,
but the prices realized justiIies it,.
1900 pines weigh about ton. The
hold of each vessel is fitted with
three or four racks or battens of
wood, supported by upright posts,
thus forming three or four shelves
or platforms the entire length and
depth of the hold, with the exception
of the centre where passage is left
from stem to stern for admission.
The fruit is then placed, with por-
ton OF its foliage on, to protect it
from bruisiug, iii layers of about
tours pines deep, upon racks, which
are built to prevent the great pres
sure that would otherwise be upon
the lower portion Of the fruit.
Owing to the sharp serrated leaves
of the plant, the gathering of the
fruit is tedious and difficult mat
ter, the men, women and children en-
gagged in The work being obliged to
wear heavy canvas leggings, and
gloves with gauntlets to protect
themselves against the sharp spikes
of the plant.
There are now many factories fol
preserving pineapples in the differ
ent islands, and there is large eX-
port of the timed fruit chiefly tC
New York. One firm alone in Mas
sau bought recently $4,000 dozen,
filling more than 100000 cans with
sliced pineappies.
The annual crop realizes about
$500, 600.
JAMAICA.-Thisisl and ranks sec.
ond to the Bermudas in the produc'
ton and export of pineapples. The
following varieties are grown in the
Hope nurseries which supply suck.
ers to the planters:
White Ripley, Black Ripley, Suga
Loaf, Prince Albert, Montserrat
Cuban, Providence, Scarlet Queen
Trinidad (Pitch Lake,, Blacl
(Antigua), Queen, Lady Bea
trce, Smooth Payenne, Thompson
(smooth) Cayenne, Moscow Queen
Lord Granville, and Emile Queen
The best and most profitable kind
are said to be the Ripley, BlacI
Antigua, Black Jamaica, Charlott
Rothschild, and British Queen,
There are no large plantations blu
numbers of small farms of from on,
to five acres. The export is to New
York, where the price realized TO
the best Jamaica pines is upwards o
70 cents each. The choicest pine
are sold in Kingston at from $2. 30 t.
So per dozen,
AZORES. The pineapple is nov
being cultivated with energy in S.
Michaels. The produce of the re
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