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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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fully grown in this coun-try. There would seem to be a field, too, for growing palms and other ornamentals forthe northern greenhouse trade. 44 THE CUBA REVIEW The possibilities of rubber planting are almost unknown in Cuba. The very littlethat has been done in this line has yielded some promising results. The original,magnificent forests of middle and western Cuba have practically all been cut downand destroyed. Some valuable timber still remains in the eastern part of the Island,but transportation charges are so high, that most of the lumber used for structuralpurposes is imported from the United States. Prices are very high and constantlyadvancing. Unquestionably part of the now unused lands could to advantage beplanted with some of the more rapidly growing timber trees. The thinning could,within a few years, be utilized for fence posts, fuel, and railroad ties. Enough ofthese products could be sold to much more than pay all expenses, leaving the wellgrown timber as a clear profit.
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YOUNG AGUACATE TREES. THE AGUACATE IS AN IMPORTANT NATIVE FRUIT. APPARATUS FOR SPRAYING FRUIT TREES IN OPERATION. These are only a few among the many overlooked opportunities that now exist inCuba. IT SEEMS INDEED REMARKABLE THAT A COUNTRY PRESENTINGSO MANY ATTRACTIVE OPENINGS FOR ACTUAL SETTLERS COULD SOLONG REMAIN SPARSELY INHABITED, lying as it does at the very doors of theUnited States. Cuba has a much larger proportion of level, tillable land than any otherof these same tropical islands. It has cheap water transportation to all parts of the world.The means of internal communication are very good, and fast improving. The climate ismost delightful. A man from the North can, with comfort, work out of doors every day in theyear. For the most part health conditions are very good. No one need hesitate tocome to Cuba, as the chances for serious sickness are less than in most parts of theUnited States. THE CUBA REVIEW. 45

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