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OIL-SEEDS AND OILS 



in nurseries, and when they are six months old are planted 

 out to form the future plantation. Holes are dug about thirty 

 feet apart each way, and into these the young plants are put, 

 so that each acre grows about forty -eight trees. 



COCO-NUT TREE 



In the nurseries the nuts are laid in the earth slantways 

 with the stalk ends raised, so that water may not collect in 

 the ' eyes ', and rot them. Coco-nut palms never grow 

 straight up from the root ; the lower part of their trunks is 

 always curved. When the plants are seven years old they 

 begin to bear fruit, and when they are ten years old they are 

 considered to be in full bearing, and they continue to bear for 



