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Title: Vanilla culture in Puerto Rico
Identifier: CAT31289489 (find matches)
Year: 1948 (1940s)
Authors: Childers, Norman Franklin, 1910-
Subjects: Vanilla; Orchids
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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VANILLA CULTURE IN PUERTO RICO 75 year to the next in the world production of vanilla because the price they quote to the exporters, curers, or to the producers depends almost entirely upon how well the market is supplied with vanilla beans. If, according to their best judgment, the world supply will be small to average, and they, therefore, pay or advance a relatively high price for the beans, and at the last minute a large shipment of beans arrives from an unexpected source, the price naturally will decline and the buyer may be left "holding the bag." In order to gain an advance estimate of the world vanilla supply the larger United States buyers may hire special representatives who can mix with the native people and talk their language. These representatives visit the growers in order to gain some idea of the size of the vanilla crop and thus enable
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Fig. 58.—In a Philadelphia dealer's warehouse the imported beans are opened, weighed, checked for quality, and regraded and repacked, if necessary, accord- ing to the desires of individual clients. (Courtesy M. Cortizas and Co., Phila- delphia. ) their home company to set a price that is likely to bring a reasonable profit. Under the present over-all marketing system it is evident that the buyers who deal directly with the growers are a necessary part of the procedure of getting the beans from far-off sources to the consuming public. The vanilla marketing busines, however, like the marketing of many other tropical crops, could conceivably undergo more stream- lining in future years.

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  • bookyear:1948
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  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Childers_Norman_Franklin_1910_
  • booksubject:Vanilla
  • booksubject:Orchids
  • bookpublisher:Washington_D_C_U_S_Dept_of_Agriculture
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