146 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE 



maguey before the first crop is produced ? What provinces produce 

 much maguey ? Do these provinces produce much abaca ? Why ? 

 How many pounds of fiber will i hektar of maguey produce if the plants 

 are i meter apart ? Where is Yucatan ? 



PINEAPPLE 



The pineapple is a native of tropical America, but it 

 is now found both cultivated and uncultivated in all 

 tropical countries. Its botanical name is Ananassa sa- 



FlG. 104. Pineapple plants in fruit 



tiva. In most places it is raised for its fruit, and the 

 fiber is relatively unimportant. There are fully one 

 hundred varieties in cultivation, the fruit varying in 

 weight when well grown from i to 15 kilos, and in color 

 being purplish, scarlet, dark red, yellow, green, and white. 



