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ARACHIS HYPOG.EA (pEA-NUT) 



1,900 to 2,400 kilos, and the following }-ear from 710 to 1,200 

 kilos of nuts, whereas the ordinary method gave 1,800 kilos. 



The following are the yields obtained at the stations 

 at Reduit from sowings between rows of canes, only alternate 

 rows being planted. 



Yield in dry nuts : — 



881 kilos 



782 ,, 



1,080 ,, 



1,139 ,, 



770 ,, 



794 to 948 ,, 



746 „ 817 ,, 



834 .. 995 ., 



On a large sugar plantation, where the pea-nut was grown 

 as an inter-crop, the yield in green nuts was, on an average, 

 from 1,650 to 1,900 kilos to the hectare, and the maximum 

 reached 3,080 to 3,320 kilos. 



Composition. — The number of seeds to a hundred pods 

 varies but little, even in different countries: — 



The average generally adopted in trade is 75 per cent. 

 These proportions vary a little in the different varieties, 

 and we append a table showdng the result of observations 

 at the Agronomic Station of the Island of Mauritius. 



