> Cheryl, I don't think you will find that in Edgar Adams shop as it has mainly been via people copying it for one another that it survives. But I will be seeing Edgar in a couple of weeks and will inquire. Lenora, it takes sugar to make rum - thus, rum was a by-product on a sugar plantation (at least until sugar fell). Richard, I don't think Banks ever visited Grenada and I can say for sure he did not introduce nutmegs - for one, he was a collector of plants for KEW and then encouraged via prizes for others to plant specific species on the islands. (I haven't run across a reference of him visiting Grenada at all - if anyone else knows otherwise, please speak up). The case of The Bounty and Captain Bligh was one such endeavour to capture a prize by successfully introducing breadfruit to St. Vincent and Jamaica. Cocoa and coffee plantations were already well established by the French prior to the British takeover. This info below is pure hogwash - and is a classic case of being beware of info off the internet.... or anywhere else for that matter. (I'm glad you brought it up). A British planter named Gurney (can't come up with his first name at mo, but can if anyone really needs it) is given credit for introducing nutmeg onto the island in 1843 although Louis La Grenade, a French mulatto planter in the late 1700's is actually the first successful planter on the island to grow the spice. He has a fabulous story behind him and his family today is still making a nutmeg liquer that is a secret family recipe given to Louis back in the 1700's by a missionary. (The stuff is fabulous - we keep a bottle in the house for special occasions). Why does Gurney get credit and not La Grenade? Simple - until recent, Grenada was British, and everything French, Catholic and "coloured" which were all aspects of La Grenade's make-up did not fit the colonial hierarchy at the time despite that he pledged allegiance to the King and gave up his Catholic faith. Most likely present day Grenada will probably begin giving La Grenade credit as they have recently honoured Fedon as a national hero instead of the villian he was portrayed for for two years. best wishes all, Cindy > That is a very good question..i dont' know how many copies, if any, of > that > book are still around. Maybe one of the listers can answer that one. > Or you > may try Adams Book Store in St Vincent. Edgar Adams or his staff may > have > some insight into that. The email address is: adamsbooks@caribsurf.com, > phone: 784-457-2278, fax: 784-485-6945. If you get some positive > feedback on > this, please share the info with the list, since I know that several > people > were interested in the same publication. > Cheryl > > > From: "Lenora Anderson" <ldanderson@sbcglobal.net> > > Thanks,, I "assumed it might be rum as they had that on the other > plantations.. > > > Some-one wrote recently that Nutmeg cultivation was introduced to > Grenada in 1843. The source below certainly supports that. > > But then other sources say this: > During the 18th century, Grenada's economy underwent an important > transition. Like much of the rest of the West Indies it was originally > settled to cultivate sugar which was grown on estates using slave > labor. But natural disasters paved the way for the introduction of > other crops. In 1782, Sir Joseph Banks, the botanical adviser to King > George III, introduced nutmeg to Grenada. The island's soil was ideal > for growing the spice and because Grenada was a closer source of > spices for Europe than the Dutch East Indies the island assumed a new > importance to European traders. > > The collapse of the sugar estates and the introduction of nutmeg and > cocoa encouraged the development of smaller land holdings, and the > island developed a land-owning yeoman farmer class. > > > > Richard > >>