Show The Banana It is not without good reason that the banana has become so popular in recent years fordt is said to possess in itself all the essentials to the sustenance of life for both man and beast It belongs to the lily family and is a developed tropical lily from which by cultivation the seeds have been eliminated and the fruit for which it was cultivated greatly expanded In relation to the bearing qualtiea of this fruit Humboldt who early saw the won ders of the plant said that the ground that would grow 9J pounds of potatoes would prow 33 pounds of wheat but that the same ground would grow 4000 pounds of bananas consequently to that of wheat 131 to 1 and to that of potatoes 40 to llcw York Tribune |