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almost the entire coast line on every side being given up to coconut 

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 eastern coast from ]\[anzanilla to ^Mayaro, and to Galeota, and the 

 entire Cedros Point with the adjacent sliorcs. Bud-rot appears to 

 have caused great havoc in at least two places. At Laventille, a 

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Fig. 6.— Diagram showing diseased coconut trees In Trinidad. 



illustrates the condition of one estate at this time. As is here shown, 

 a large area lying between the present growth of coconut trees and 

 the railroad track was occupied by a dense growth of bushes with an 

 occasional, and usually diseased, coconut tree. This was all a part 

 of one estate, and formerly the entu-e area illustrated was covered 

 with coconut trees in good condition. The place rivaled some of the 

 worst in Cuba in the number of dead and dying trees. The attorney 

 for the estate estimated that about 85 per cent of the trees had been 



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