Guide to the West Indies and Bermudas

An; Ober Frederick

Description

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Indigenous fruits and vegetables are numerous, compris ing many kinds wholly unknown to the temperate zone. Sugar, cacao, coffee, and tobacco are the great staples, others in order of importance being bananas, oranges, lemons, cocoanuts, cotton, limes, pimento, indigo, nutmegs, maize, ginger, annatto, aloes, sassafras, castor-beans, yams, sweet potatoes, eddoes, manioc. The varied fruits include, be sides those mentioned, the mango, custard - apple, cashew, grape - fruit, pineapple, pomegranate, mamey, papaya, plan tain, shaddock, soursop, star-apple, sweet-sop, tamarind, chirimoya, avocado pear, granadilla, sapodilla, etc., etc. Many islands can boast forests of mahogany, fragrant cedar, lignum vitae, logwood, ironwood, green-heart, fustic, palms in many species, and scores of other valuable woods.

Sujets

• Histoire
• History of the Americas

Informations

• Publié par: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 27 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780243628759
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 47 Mo

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