The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
PRODUCTS OF THE TROPICS.
One of the Interesting Exhibits 10
be Seen ut Buffalo.

G. Edward Fuller Assistant Superin-
| tendent of the Division Of Foods and
| their. Accessories at the Pan-AmeTiCau
! Exposition. sent out several months ago
| n couple of artistic circulars, in which
! he invited ali the Americas to contrib
ute to collection Of red-peppeTs and
/ tropical productions which were to form
! an exhibit extraordinary To show this
| Interesting collection to the best advan-
! taEe, an attractive and conspicuous con-
! Servatory has beer provided with mu-
/ scum or an annex which viii contain
! rare and curious articles having some
! relation to the production of food OF
! their accessories.
In the sCouservatory there viii be live
! specimens Of the trees. plants, vines, or
/ shrubs on which grow chile, nutmeg, all
! spice, cinnamon. cloves. black pepper
! coffee. cocoa, cassia, ginger, tea, koIa,
/ vanilla and many more. The museum
/ viii contain dried and preserved speci-
/ mems Of the trees, plants, leaves, flow
| eTs fruits roots and seeds Of these pro-
| ducts and it is expected that methods OF
| growing. curing and packing viii be well
/ illustrated BY photographs. while re
! ceiDts for I2aking pepper pot. cassareep-
! cnrdiaIs, sauces. condiments, cuTries,
! chutneys, and vinegars viii also be .;iv-
! en- place
/ Responses to Mr.. FuIIer's invitation
! have been numerous and gratifying
/ They have come in Spanish from Chile,
I Ecuador Costa RIGA, Venezuela, and
| Mexico in Portuguese from Brazil, in
1 German from the Argentine, in Dutch
from st. Thomas, in English from ia
| maica and the Bermudas, from Canada
/ to California If all the high officials
n
! terest in good food will only dc what
/ they promise, the Division Of Foods and
( their Accessories will have more of Iife's
1 Injuries than they will know what 10 do
( with
! No less a person than the Minister of
/ Fomento, one l. Ramirez, wrote from
! Mauagua the capital of Nicaragua. 70
! promise rich treasures From Morale IN
/ the State of Honduras writes Ramon
! AguiIar saying that the municipal cor
/ I,oration wishes to De represented at the
! great American Exposition The pep
/ per season, alas. has passed, he writes
( but we shall send pepper vines in large
( quantities.
I Luis Felipe Negrete, of I.atacunsa. Ecu
ador wrote to say that he wanted 10 be
! appointed 70 collect specimens for the
exposition. Ecuador has done very lit
/ tie at other expositions, ne said, but 1
( believe that much can be done here l
should like to collect 500 sections and
leaves of equatorial fora
The Minister of Hacienda at BogOta,
Colombia. is Pedro Antonio Molina. who
sends thanks to Mr. Fuller's circular, and
adds: I shall take pleasure in co-operat-
ing in the realization of the wishes eX-
pressed by you in the communication TO
which 1 shah have the honor to reply as
soon as the condition Of war, now exist
ing in this Republic, may permit me to 90
Y. BaHiviaR.. Secretary Of the National
Geographical Society of Bolivia. has writ
ten from la Paz 20 say that he has stir
red up the department in charge Of BO-
iivia's exhibits and that nne lot Of BO-
iiTiau products viii be forthcoming Two
planters of Venezuela, Rafael COlmendTeS,
of San CUiStObaI- ana Felix Fernando,
Of Rio Chico. have written to say that
they are making collections Of their choic-
est ana Dest for Mr. Fuller's exhibit
From Mexico have Just landed IN New
York vanilla trees and vines for the ex-
position AS long ago rs last November.
Z Mr. Fuller went to Chicago ana induced
a hayorinZ extract cOmDany to send Il
! man to Mexico in search of vanilla vines.
The man went and his search was re
vvarded in a valley about 70 miles south
swest Of Vera Cruz The vanilla dourislses
/ nowhere on earth as it does in tropical
/ Mexico To cultivate it the natives train
the vines up around the trunks of trees.
Such a stand OF vanilla viii Be exhibited
The vines were Habud when shipped from
Vera Cruz, and it IS believed aat they
Kill blossom tueEe. something that they
were never KTIBWn TO do before outside of
their native habitat.
Simon AieriRO. Of MisantIa, Mexico
promises AIisantIa sauce that will make
an epicure= dream dreams and see visions
for DAYS TO come II is made from the
pulp 81 chilpStle and other Cieagiuous
plants ana aTomatiCs and is far finer than
the famed dabaSCO sauce
From tie ted gardens at SIHmeTEIlig
; c. fifteen growing tea bushes are now
on the way. &c teach the people how
the drink which cheers but never befud-
dies looks before il is put in pOtab bic form
Near the tea bushes will be a plot of Cof-
fee trees furnished by the CafetaI Car
l0Ia Company of Chicago kOla. pimea-
TO- cinnamon, and cloves viii be spicely
banked between these two extremes
Carlos Z. Santos. Of AsunCiOu. Para
quay, has written TO A \. Rutis the Con
SUI II fhI4aaetpfiIa 4 that he mas sent col
fee. guaTiSaIni. ArnaTago del Paraguay.
vanilla, bottles Of liquor. and sacks of CO.
Goa besides some rare varieties Of Para
quay tea or mate plants, to this exhibit
in Buffalo John Barclay. Secretary Of
the Jamaica Agricultural Society. reports
that he is shipping kOla, pimentO trees.
and ginger plants from that little island.
also COrdiaig- canned and dried green tur-
tie, cocoa spices, and rum, with thirty
different specimens Of plants which the
Kingston Botanical Gardens are consisR-
With Alexander Battiste. United States
Deputy Consul at Port au Prince, Haiti,
Mt. Fuller has had 4 SIX months CORE
SpOudencc relative to the coffee and Co
Goa exhibits of that country. Ar Bat
tiste has recently published a valuable
buIIejin for the United States Agricultural
Department on the Economic plants Of
Haiti.
II. c. irish. OF the Missouri Botanical
Garden in St. Louis, IS growing a large
collection OF peppers for the Pan-Ameri-
can Mr. Irish is q red pepper expert. and
is the author Of A Revision OF the Genus
Czpsicurn-' Jocas & Co Of the Domi-
mean Republic. viii send refined sugar
runs, and rare cerdiaIs as their coutribu-
ton Costa Rica has already despatched
eight cases Of tropical food products. with
a choice selection of botanical specimens
TO follow hot upon their heels In the
Hawaiian stands F. W Mcconnell Of the
Hawaiian Village fame, mas had an eye
out fer curious foods and spices Tor this
exhibit extraordinary, as in the Philip
pines
A FEW FACTS