Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-09

self but boss the Job and furnish the
brains" I think that syndlcafsa could
also do we'll aud the larger the capital
the better tho Investment. There + nr
American fruit company which is maxi
ing a great deal OF money out OF
Jamaica frultH Within q year from
now thDrc Will BE- mo- tarn un fruIt
brought from Porto Rico 90 the United
States. aud this Island Will lead tho
others Of the West Indies in time lu lta
fruit exports.
II believe" continued Major Harvey.
that this iH one of the richest islands
~ the world in its natural p1saIbIItIes.
You can raise anything hora that YOU
can raise in California or Florida. ana
many things that you cannot ] see
no reason why l1uEiIHh WaInutu.
pecans and almonds could not bs GROWN.
end aH Tor rineapploa. = doubt whether
the equal or tha Porto Woln kind can
DE found anywhere"
pINEAppLEs AZ mo as PECK
MEASURES
There IL no doubt as 60 tho excellence
of the Porto Uicau Pineapple d have
seen some as big ns peck measures. and
pines which weigh twenty pounds are
not uncommon They ORE sweet and fun
% juice. Thoy are far superior 90 any
thing that ever comes tp tho United
statOa and they could undoubtedly be
sold there In large qu1utluea When
Picked grecu. they viii stand ghippiug
ana will easily keep until they SGT To-
our markets.
Pineapple grow an over Porto Rico.
You ind great beds of them lH tna VALE
lgys and along the foothills. They are
not carefully cultivated and grow ole
most Wild. ! have seen them iu the
coconnut orchards. but nowhere in very
large quantities.
PINEAPPLE FARMS
II docs not take large farm Of pluo-
apples 90 give q mnu "a good Income.
In Florida man can make from 500
90 $1,000 n year ON two acres uf UIuo-
apples. but IL viii cost him ne least
$1,000 an acre TO rrt Dis farm Into uaur-
Ing. 10 o. estimated that you can do the
same here Tor uuo.tenth the amount
and the expense uf taking care uf the
crop after that would be- nothing Ike
what % o. IN Florida.
piuoapplss must be carefully culu-
waited, They ore planted from suckers.
slips or buds which come out uf the
base OF the pineapple and upon tho top.
These slips ate Fut out about three fegt
apart. 20 that you can grow about
1000 pines on one acre. pineapple
nold looks worry much like q mold ~
cnbbarca. II ~ OF salmon color
mixed with green, The whole ground
o. covered. tho leaves or blades about
the pineapple reaching out and yuVol-
oplng one another. Every leaf Or COW.
cred With thorua or Hplncs go that you
have 90 use buckskln gloves Ia working
tho crop.
Il IL much moro expensive 20 cultl-
vnto plncapplcs IN Flo. IDA than In p0r.
o. Rico. There tho plants are shaded
by great nrhorH made Of rl1ts or llthH
90 that at distance the nelds look like
q fair ground, Here the sun lu not
% hot there are more clouds On tho
sky and "a phndc 81 palm bark could
take tho place 81 the lnthH.
A. present most 81 the Porto Rlc1u
fruit 81 grown without rhale. Tho
growing la interesting The pluHta arc
cultivated like clbbagoH, ~ first n
blossom comes out ns big as your fist
with little pineapple below it Tho
pineapple NO the start IL u about the
sizc of "a peach ~ rapidly grows UNI
til at last Il has become aH big up "a
gallon crock or when well cultivated
the size uf u peck measure.
on tho top Of the pineapple and
about lts base suckers or slips aprout
out These are used for roplantluF
and In Florida they command "a good
price. The best Of them are sold az 10
cents apiece ana those not go good bring
rs much as 81 aud s hundred.
Among tho best known pineapple
growers Of Florida 81 n man named Van
Houtcn. Ito has a grove near or
lando, from which he receives at times