The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

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AM.VZONIA AND LA PLATA.
Cacao thrives in Amazonia, and especially in the Canavieiras district in the
State of Bahia, which yields ahout 6,000 tons, or the tenth part of the world's
annual production. Although tea succeeds well on the S. Paulo and Minas
Geraes plateaus, this shrub is scarcely seen except in gardens, being dri\en from
the market by the competition of China and India. The so-called " BraziHan
tea" is theYerba mate grown in the province of Parana, and exported chiefly
Fi-;. lie— Chief Forest and Aoeicttltueal Peoditcts of Brazii,.
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45,000,000.
Forests. Sugar-caue. Coffee. Hate
(Ilex Paragiiayensia).
. 1,250 Miles.
to Belgium to the extent of about 14,000 tons a year, valued at £320,000. The
orange, of which there are numerous varieties, some of prime (juality, grows spontaneously,
needing no pruning or grafting. The fruit is largely exported to La
Plata, and also used in Santa Calhariua for the manufacture of orange wine. Great
hopes are entertained of the vine, especially in Minas Geraes, where the American
stock succeeds admirably. Some growers have already obtained highly esteemed
wmes, which they compare to the tokay, champagnes and clarets of Europe.
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