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PULAJAN. 



(Pulajan and Baguisanon itom, in Davao; Linawaan, in Leyte; and Caguisan, 

 in Oriental Negros.) 



The color of this variety, as the word implies, is red, even more so 

 than Tangoiigon. In shape of the stalks and their height and size it 

 resembles Tangoiigon, differing from it in having a stronger tendency 

 to produce suckers. In the rest of its qualities it behaves exactly the 

 same as Baguisanon. This fact explains why many of the planters in 

 southern Mindanao call it "Baguisanon itom." 



PUSPOS AND KAWAYANON. 



These two can be described jointly for the reason that they resemble 

 each other, and both of them are so distinctly different from the rest of 

 the varieties that there can be no danger of mistaking them. They both 

 bear small and numerous stalks to the hill. The stalks rarely grow 

 more than 2.5 to 3 meters high, and the fiber, though white, is weak 

 and the yield is small. The Kawayanon stalks are usually more purplish 

 and shorter than those of the Puspos. In various parts of the Islands 

 these varieties are given the names of either Puteean, Lawisid, or Lawits, 

 while in Leyte a variety "Itimbalod" answers to the description of both 

 Puspos and Kawayanon. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



[_Abaca is distributed throughout the greater part of the Philippine 

 Archipelago. The area where it is successfully cultivated lies, approxi- 

 mately, between the parallels 6 and 15 north latitude and meridians 181 

 and 126 east of Greenwich. The most favorable locations are along the 

 eastern and southern coasts. It may be cultivated up to 1,000 or 1,200 

 meters above sea level, but above this height the temperature is not 

 favorable to its best development. The more important abaca provinces 

 and islands are as follows : Albay, Leyte, Sorsogon, Mindanao, Saraar, 

 Ambos Camarines, Negros, and Mindoro. It is grown to some extent 

 in other provinces of Luzon and on many of. the smaller islands. The 

 amount of land at present under cultivation, or that which is suitable 

 for abaca, can not be very definitely estimated, inasmuch as the plant is 

 often grown on small and widely scattered areas back in the mountains. 

 The methods of propagation, of cultivation, and of fiber extraction are 

 all very similar in the different parts of the Archipelago. 



CLIMATE. 



(A_ suitable climate is the first and most important requisite for sue- ^ 

 cessful abaca cultivation. In selecting the location for a plantation this 

 subject should receive the most careful attention. The four conditions ■ 

 of climate which directly affect the growth of abaca are the amount and 

 distribution of rainfall, the degree of atmospheric humidity, the frequency 

 of heavy winds, and the degree of temperature. I 



