Show FIRSr RED BANAASN YEARS I Eagerly idIn By Dealers at About I 10 Cent Aple New York Tribune I Im rters of foreign fruit and fruit 1 dealers were interested yesterday In the i arrival ofaemajl consignment of red bananas The consignment was him Ie to a few bunches but It has been such a long time since loCal fruit dealers deal-ers have seen any of this fruit that many ot them went down to the uteamer and vIed with one another to get a bunch or two I was first re porte that the red bananas came from Cuba as it was supposed that they could only be grown there but I was afterward learned that they were apart a-part of the frt cargo of fruit shDDed from the new lantatons In San Domingo Do-mingo This filet was of additional interest In-terest because i was said to be roof that a new and jwoauctIve fruit district I had been opened and that its Inluenee on the banana market would be marked mark-ed In the near future Much had been said about this nets banana country but comparatively little was known of Its resources I was not until General Wavier issued is-sued 11R edIct against the thiment oJ bananas from Cuba that the Planters of that Island began to look aboutthem for a new place In which to cultIvate fruit Ond of time planters who s f fared loss by tho revolution and the war in Cuba H Dumois of 41 South street this city About two years ago Mr Dumois decided that San Domingo would be a good place for him so he bought a tract of land near Sousa The I sprouts that he planted flourished and the consignment that reached this port I f yesterday was the first shipment from his new plantation The bananas were brought by the steamer Premier of the American Fruit company and she unloaded un-loaded at pier No9 East river In the cargo were live bunches of red bananas They were auctioned off at the unusual price of 7 and 8 a bunch This was about 10 cents apiece The rest of the cargo of the Premier consisted of yellow bananas They were shorter than the common bananas but broader in proportion The fruit is highly thought of by those experts who have examine it The officers of the Premier declare that thenew banana district Is teeming with fruit but that there are no fa duties fOr g ttng it to the coast The cargo of the Premier was carried on the heads of the natives down the mountain sides for miles Of course this Is expensive and the American planters including Mr Dwols are thinking of building a railroad from the ulantaton to the coast |