PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



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of fiber, worth $12, per day. They receive cue-half for tains bordering 

 cleaning. it is similar to 



Vegetables. — The great variety of vegetables that can 

 be grown in the Philippines and the constant supply 

 that might be had from a well-tended garden, indicate 

 the source from which the people should obtain their 

 principal food. As far as can be observed, gardening 

 is not especially in the line of the Filipino. The 

 Japanese accomplish marvels in gardening by the 



solid 



Filipir 



of h 



has, in addition, the . •■- r. t;i .,f fl,. iviiti r hi.ffal". Imt tip 



rarely has what can '" i>i. .|.r:i , rill. i| :i uMi-ti<-Ti. Ilr 



may have small pat.n. i : - ..i puiaii..- aii'l 



taro, but nothing ai'i'i .1 n.ij :• j .lii 11. c .\r, (.t .ulii 

 vateil for the city mar!.. I. rii- ii\nil._riii th.- l'l]ili|i- 

 pines is impressed with the high culture of the petjple 

 along some lines and their total lack in others. Gar- 

 dening is one of their deficiencies, and it is the more 

 surprising from their proximity to China and Japan. 

 The following well-known vegetables are produced in 

 the islands: 



Means of many varieties, beets, carob bean, celery, 

 cal)bage, cassava, carrot, cucumber, eggplant, garlic, 

 gourd, lettuce, lentil, muskmelon, onion, okra, pump- 

 kin, pea, pepper of all kinds, peanut, potato, radish, 

 sesame weed, sweet potato, turnip, taro, tannier, 

 tomato, watermelon, yam. 



f^riiits. — The banana, fruit of Miisa sapientum (Figs 



" '88' -s ahu-^a-t = - " 

 ept on tl e coffee 1 1 ntjt 



m imly produced lo t t 

 t \ t huts where it s 11 | 1 e 

 II 1 furnishes f od Tl c pi in 

 I 11 1 ty s )1 1 m tl e loc il niai ket 



wesieiii coast of Luzon. In flavor 

 Java and is highly prized in the 

 markets to which it has been shipped. There is a 

 variety of coffee produced in Mindanao called Zam- 

 boanga. It has a larger berry than the Manila and is 

 not so highly prized. Its principal nuirket is Singapore. 

 Coffee-growing requires lu-li rhi^s a^'i i.iilture, and for 

 this reason it has never il.iin i>1m,1 m thi- Philippines 

 as the climate and tbi- ...11,1 n i,,ri~ u arrant. Several 

 things should be careful 1>' ol,sir\r(l in coffee-farming: 

 tlK- voung plant sh'mld In- i-'M.i -[.riUM.! ami transplanted 

 ...i.-.^.r twi.a. I.,. I,., a- liiial srllir,- in lln^ <.r.-liai .1 ; holes 

 ■_",, II. ^.nr.ur alM J II. ,l.-.-l. sl,,,„|,l l„. ,li,- ali.l tilled 



nually; the shade tna-s or plants .- 

 will draw heavily upon the soil : 

 dense as to give more than a par 

 and the poorest coffee are the pro. 

 hence the necessity of great cai 

 grading. With 



8 lOOlbs FifUenl 

 (lug r than anv 1 1 I 

 tcin I20 1bs., fat 4,1 ll.> 

 plantain is dried and f 

 foorl. To transport ba 



or the fruit would be 



The coffee plant, Coffea Arnhica (Fig. oU), grows 

 hLxuriantly in the sheltered ravines of the mountains of 

 the entire group: but the principal portion for export is 

 grown in Caviti^, Batangas, Laguna and in the mouii- 



is 1,182 lbs. The 

 ided into flour for 

 tains to the United 

 ome refrigeration, 



s gre t ize 

 1 he d< mand 

 ilwajs been 

 f it could be 



MiH\ 111 II 1 



Philippn s 11 s f t t t 



( It lbs ) but is too coarse for comin rce 



f )r the large, ]Uio> , suba 1 1 p imelo h i 



much in excess of the supply, and this, 



obtained abundantly, would rank in consumption with 



oranges and lemons. See Citrus and Pomelo. 



Pineapple, the collective fruit of Ananas sativxis (Pig. 

 83), finds a congenial habitat on the sandy coast lands 

 and in the warm, rich valleys of these islands. Under 

 these conditions the plant with care attains large size 

 and the rich, saccharine juice develops its highest 

 flavor. The pineapple is propagated by setting the 



