Show BANANAS FOR FLOURI the announcement that the banana has been attacked by Y ft blight which is 19 baffling tao mn 6 ot science who have tried to 0 fathom nature and to discover ie for it will be disquieting to the lar larghi banana bun ana chips been for sale in go gamu y with ith hf preast 04 P commercial success for over fiao wo years it is impossible to obtain reli nino statistics as the import figureoa figu resa ye b t included with those relating alto po fresh bananas both the dri edd dried driend and 4 the bresli being free of du duty importers con consulted consul teH d state stale X have been able to sell wiell 0 out ut difficult difficulty Y ill 11 tho the bananas p cf to them find and that the difficulty lias has 14 0 t 2 i the alic consumer consume of di difed ie babala and banana chips were originally vegetarians s who discovered attractive ways eways of serving erving 1 0 thorn thein f but bul there ii H now a considerable demand for the dried fruit in nil all clas classes classa sc of society and one susceptible of being behig extended materially thus far tile the best dried bananas have been received froni jamaca which seems to be the chief country of exportation the whole fruit is shipped in in wooden cases wa weighing 50 56 pounds and chips are aio rocc received ived in sacks importers are aio paying per pounds for goods delivered in Wim hamburg burg europe now imports largo large quantities of bananas Bili banana alla flour made from the fruit when not nol quit ripe it iff very nutritious in hij land broad bread is made from banai a nour flour and a factory in Switzer switzerland turns out a coca preparation from tile the banana this is highly bight nutritious and lias bas a fine flavor german imports of bananas amounted to 11 1 1 long tons ill in 1904 against 0 in 1008 show in that tho the 1 consumption more than double last year over the previous tons long |