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Title: The Cuba review and bulletin
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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W Li-u the Zanja is dofiienod. .-ind this wcrk will soon begin, tlowill pl.v lietwecM Xiipvitas and Port Viaro. THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
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An American Wonder lemon tree in Cuba, about 4 years old. Ihe tree grows freely andYields bounteously. This fruit is used like the smaller lemons in the making of marmalades,lemonade and pies. Some specimens of fruit recently seen weighed four pounds. Sir. ). G. Airth, a fruit grower of largeexperience in Florida, was visited at hisnew home on the outskirts of Camaguey,where he has a large acreage under culti-vation, and out of his varied experiencesaid as follows. Regarding general conditions, hesaid, the lands in times of drought bakeand get very hard, and in the rainy sea-son get too wet. The soil must havestable manure to lighten it. Back ofCamaguey, he continued, the mountainswere full of bat manure and a fine mix-ture for this purpose when stable manurecould not be procured, was bat manureand wood ashes. Potash fertilizer andcottonseed meal were likewise good. Healso strongly advocated a mulch, as thesoil does not pack so quickly if the suncannot get directly at the ground. Thew

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