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Jamaica Banana Industry Shows Strong Prospects for Pacific Markets
Jamaica's banana exports have surged, now exceeding five million dollars annually and comprising over 60 percent of the colony's total exports. The Jamaica report by W. E. Smith details acreage, estates, and an equitable pricing system based on bunch size, with careful handling from harvest to ship. It notes extensive irrigation turning abandoned cane land into productive groves and explains grading, transport, and shipping practices to the United States and Britain, arguing banana cultivation could be profitable for Trinidad under proper management.
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