Chapter VIII 

 The Seed-Nut and the Nursery 



IT is quite unnecessary to dilate at length upon 

 the importance of the seed-nut in coconut 

 cultivation, for obviously the utmost care and 

 discretion are called for in its selection. 



It is true, of course, that almost any nut will 

 germinate and produce some sort of plant, but 

 the planter who aspires to establish a permanent 

 and productive estate must take care that the 

 trees from which he selects his seed are strong 

 and vigorous, and that the nuts gathered are of 

 the finest and most suitable varieties only. Patient 

 investigation and careful comparison alone can 

 discover these. " The better the nut the finer the 

 tree " is a maxim that long experience has proved 

 and sanctioned. 



Many experts consider that seed-nuts should 

 always be selected from healthy, thriving trees 

 between twenty and thirty years old, and known 

 to produce a sound, well-conditioned nut. But 



