Word: soledad
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...from a visit to Cuba where they have been examining the subject of the "sending" of the sugar cane. They have had an exceptional opportunity for investigating the flowers of the plant in January, through the kindness of Mr. E. F. Atkins, proprietor of a large sugar estate at Soledad, near Cienfuegos. Most of the flowers, however, were found to be too immature, but it was possible to point out to three men employed by Mr. Atkins on his plantation, the proper method of conducting the process in early February, and it is more than likely that the later experiments...