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04-03-2009, 01:43 PM
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Barahona Sugar Industry
Hello,
Can anyone help me with some info about the sugar industry in Barahona? Is sugar still in production there? I know it's supposed to be the centre of sugar production but I understand the sugar mill there was closed down. When was that? I imagine that would mean sugar was no longer being produced there, or on a much smaller scale. If so, would it be accurate to say that coffee has overtaken sugar?
Thanks for any info you can give me.
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04-03-2009, 02:04 PM
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I think the ingenio is still working and sugar is cultivated in the area, but I may be wrong. Coffee is another important crop, yes.
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04-03-2009, 03:19 PM
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Thanks so much, Chirimoya.
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04-03-2009, 05:20 PM
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There was a note in the paper that said that a train wrech cost the mill millions in lost cane. So, yes, it is still operating.
Barahona is NOT the center for sugar production. Do not confuse Central Azucarera with being the center for sugar production. That is either San Pedro or La Romana.
HB
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04-03-2009, 07:31 PM
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I guess it would be OK, then, to say that agriculture is important in Barahona and that sugar cane and coffee are the main crops. Thanks a lot.
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04-03-2009, 08:58 PM
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Yes, that would be better. Agriculture: Sugar, coffee in the hills and plantains. Don't forget the plantains.
HB
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04-04-2009, 12:09 AM
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Plaintains? OK, didn't know that.
Thanks,
Skye
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04-04-2009, 09:35 AM
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Plantains = 'platanos': the large (in the case of Barahona (very large) banana-like fruit that is eaten green, semi-ripe, and very ripe by Dominicans. It is fried, boiled, broiled, cooked in butter and brown sugar-in other words, it is eaten morning, noon and night...
HB
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04-04-2009, 10:23 AM
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Barahona Platanos
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Originally Posted by Hillbilly
Plantains = 'platanos': the large (in the case of Barahona (very large) banana-like fruit that is eaten green, semi-ripe, and very ripe by Dominicans. It is fried, boiled, broiled, cooked in butter and brown sugar-in other words, it is eaten morning, noon and night...
HB
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Mangu, Tostones, Mofongo, Maduros, oh YUM
HB, are you saying that the platanos in Barahona are larger than average? Why is that? The variety grown there? The soil? Inquiring minds, and all that.....
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04-04-2009, 08:26 PM
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They were the first irrigated plantain farms. Later on, in Mao and the Northwest Line, the did the same after bananas went bust...
There is also the variety to consider. Most plantains in Barahona are of the "Macho" variety--not that many but really big.
In the Northwest Line, they favor macho por hembra variety which give more fruit per stem...
they are significantly larger, that is for sure...
HB
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