File:The Cuba review (1907-1931) (20618043029).jpg

Title: The Cuba review
Identifier: cubareview17muns (find matches)
Year: 1907-1931 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
Subjects: Cuba -- Periodicals
Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
t ni: c u r. a u e v i i: w
Text Appearing After Image:
Pineapples, Ceiba, Province of Oriente PINEAPPLES One f the industries that has risen to importance during recent years in Cuba is the growing of pineapples. Considerable areas are devoted to this fruit in the Province of Havana, on the Isle of Pines, and in the Province of I'inar del Rio, especially about the district contiguous to Artemisa in Pinar del Rio. Cuba's pine- apple exports amount to more than $1,000,000 annually, and the local consumption is very large. In addition to being eaten in the way familiar to Americans, the fruit is grated and cooked with sugar until it is almost candied, this being a favorite "dulce" or sweet to be enjoyed after dinner with the coffee. Large quantities are consumed in th* cafes, where a "pina fria" is a favorite drink. About a fourth of a pineapple is pounded to a paste with a pestle, some water mixed with it and shaken up, and the pulp put in a hand colander or press and the juice squeezed out. Wafer and sugar are added, enough to till a large idass. This is one of the most popular and refresh- ing native drinks in Cuba. Pineapple growing does nor require any great amount of skill, capital, or cultiva- tion. Tlie returns are reasonably certain and. compared with some other crops, quick. Land for pineapple growing, in proximity to railroad transportation, may be bought at from sin to $30 an acre. Now that the pineapple growers in Cuba are coming to realize the importance of co-operation in the marketing of their product, ami of more modern methods of cul- ture, including proper fertilization, Consul Wolcott reports that the financial returns are much better than heretofore. It has been proven that proper fertilization has the greatest influence on the flavor of the fruit and its shipping qualities, and under favorable conditions it has been demonstrated that as tine a quality of fruit may be grown in Cuba as is produced anywhere in the world.

Note About Images