PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



a rind like a pomegranate. The interior is divided by 

 tLiu partitions into cells, which contain the seeds sur- 

 rounded by a white or red juicy pulp of a most delicious 

 flavor, combining the finer qualities of the strawberry 

 and the grape Unfortunately this fruit is too delicate 

 for transportation In idditicm to its use as a hand 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



1303 



iited 



Additional Xotes on the Products of the Philijypiiies.— 

 The land in the Philippines is seldom given good atten- 

 tion. Crops are planted in the easiest possible way and 

 allowed to grow about as they will Plows of a modern 

 make were two jears ago unknown there The natives 

 utilize a crooked limb or i ludi h in uli \\oo It ii contnv 

 ance to sciatch the gri 111 1 Ti I IK il [i 1 tion of 

 sugar «ill be the hist i ii con 



trol Theie aie onh i i i i itions, 



with nnitbinJT hi r ml: i I Liiery. 



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-section. Reduced 



iilf froi 



iiiddlo-six 



partsot theishin.ls. ■.,,„] tl,, 

 of the strawlierry :n"i !'■ ' 



Importation of ti >! 

 in 1899, much of wl 

 Philippines with pr.ii r mm 



CoSfee 



Cccoanuts, copra and figs., 



-iiig its seed, is boiled and 

 nil.' drink or is preserved in 

 1. for shade and for timber, 

 iii-e of its flowers. 



I .>f the Achras Sapota (see 



I I lit acid fruit, becoming very 

 livated to some extent. 



• nth American apricot, fruit 

 I'ii.'. 1354), is produced in a 

 y.Uow, 5-G in. in diam., rind 



hitter, intermediate portion 

 ible. 



•■ossfiillv in some of the drier 

 .r- i-- iiM .l.nibt of the success 

 II I I" riv in some localities. 



- -: I !i. the United States 

 111- supplied by the 



..$3.1.475.470.00 

 . . 5.985.905.00 

 .. 5.665.588.00 

 . . 4.398.004.00 

 . . 1.097,596.00 

 .. 2 .782.301.00 

 $75,204,864.00 

 S. A. Knapp. 



harvested in bmvli—. fl- -.«! and soil attached. It is 

 freshened with - ••'■•■ i > i r. f.-d to horse.s and cattle. 

 Spanish book- - -i is grown to considerable 



extent in Ilo.-..~ j . ' iM.rthern Luzon. Straw- 



berries can b.- |iMii,,i Ii M , 1, 1 u'ii.-r altitudes of Benguet 

 province. It is sai.l that all efforts to cultivate the 

 rose in the Philippines have failed. More than thirty 

 varieties of bananas are grown in the Philippines, .some 

 of which are superior to any in our own markets. 



Prank E. Gannett. 

 Circular No. 17 of the Div. of Bot., U. S. Dept. of 

 Agric, contains 8 pp. of notes ou the plant products of 

 the Philippine Islands 



A most remarkable i 

 parts of Malaya is tli. 

 1755 (reduced from )ii: 

 Linn. Soc, illustratin 

 fruit). It is lb.' T'.., 

 the Malvacen'. TIm i 

 account of this tinii ii 

 Archipelago," .•i.iii.i.r 

 tree, somewhat resi 



ines and otlie 



of 



V ...hi may find an entertaining 

 n Alfnil Russel Wallace's "Malay 

 r ... ll t-rows on a "lofty forest 

 ibliiit; an elm. • • • The fruit 

 is round or slightly oval, about the size of a large 

 cocoanut, of a green color, and covered all over with 

 short stout spines, the bases of which touch each other, 



