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Title: The Cuba review
Identifier: cubareview07muns (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
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26 THE CUBA REVIEW.
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AMERICAN HOMES IN CL'UA. Rtsidence of Chas. E. Hall in La Gloria. Luilt of native woods; palm thatched; twelve-foot porch on three sides; six rooms, kitchen and bathroom. Approx- imate cost between $2,500 and $3,000. Cuban Beekeepers' Mistakes. "I would advise any American who desires to settle in Cuba to locate in the eastern pro^'inces, where there are many Americans, and the people are very de- cent." says Frank Reiman in Gleanings in Bee Culture for Dec. 1. He says fur- ther: "The greatest mistake the Cuban bee- keepers make is to let the stock go too long before introducing new cjueens. Stock deteriorates very rapidly here, and some new queens should be bought every year. In Cuba it is impossible to raise good stock, so we musi send to the United States. Red-clover long-tongued stock I find the best. Black bees we can not use, as the moth-worms often eat a super, honey and all, even when the hive below is in good condition. I think the great improvement in the honey queens has been the cause of overstocking the market more than any thing else. With the black bees the yield used to be from 5 to 10 lbs. a hive: but now it is 50 to 100. In Cuba a good hive of Italians can make a barrel of money in a year when the natives make only from one to five gallons a year. T have since purchased and transferred 170 hives, and have now over 200 in work- ing order, and am waiting results in my new district." Manzanillo, Cuba. To Make Bananas Grow.—The banana needs a great deal of water, probably as much as sugarcane, which was found in Hawaii to be from 75 to 100 gallons per pound of sugar. Bananas succeed well under irrigation. The ideal banana soil is one contain- ing an abundance of moisture without being subject to periodical droughts, an al)undance of humus and plant food, and so situated that it is, or can be, drained. Strong winds are ruinous to the banana plantation. The large leaves of the ba- nana plant are necessary for the making of strong plants and first-class bunches of fruit. Therefore, when cut into rib- bons by the wind, vitality is lost and the growth is checked.—Tropical Life, Lo.n- don, England. The Cuban National Horticultural So- ciety for 1909 officially announce an exhibit of agricultural products, beginning Jan. 13 and ending Jan. 19, in the exhibition room ofifered by J\Iessrs. Harris Bros., on O'Reilly street. A large number of premiums and ribbons will be ofifered.

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