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one and frequently two of the eyes are aborted, occasionally fruits 
were found to consist of a mass of fibre and without a trace of a 
nut. A plot planted with palms raised from mixed, unselected 
nuts, has only one palm which yields nuts with thin shells. Both 
this plot and the “‘ Ope Ifa ’’ plot has a palm which exhibits freak 
characters. These small plantings have clearly demonstrated that 
the oil palm is not a “‘ fixed ”’ species. 
Fruits were regularly harvested from the one-acre enclosure of 
rnels. 
From a large control extraction made under careful super- 
vision the following results were recorded— 
Total number of bunches harvested su 136 
Gross weight of bunches... ps a) Shae aes 
eight of fruits... oe cy av; dy Baw lbd 
Average weight of fruits per bunch “i 5: 9°76. Ube 
Total yield of pericarp oil 10-0 galls. 
Equivalent yield per 100 lb, of fruits 
7 : “2 fluid oz. of oil [one gall. = 160 fl. oz.] 
Total weight of oil extracted ... 9! Ib., 1.e. *9-5 Ib. to gall. 
Total weight of kernels ... the tog: SOL Eb: 
The weight of oil extracted equals 7-14 per cent. of the fruits 
* Farquhar & Thom (* Oil Palm,” p. " i i 
of cold palm oil weighs 82 Ib, goa evn oy ppb oe men 
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