1 82 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE 



alcohol. The alcohol must not be added while the mixture 

 is over the fire. 



After the two stems become well grown together, the 

 branch is cut below the graft, and the top of the seedling 

 is removed, leaving the end of the branch growing on the 

 root of the seedling. It should then be set out in its 

 permanent place as soon as possible. Plants can be 

 transplanted whenever they are without young leaves. 

 Ten meters between the trees is a good distance. 



Cultivation. Like other plants, the mango will pay for 

 cultivation of the ground by maturing sooner, and bear- 

 ing larger crops. Smoking the trees is believed in the 

 Philippines to stimulate the production of fruit; and the 

 trees are hacked for the same purpose. This may in- 

 crease the next crop of fruit, but only at the expense of 

 the roots. 



The price of the fruit depends upon the season. Ex- 

 periments in Manila have shown that at a temperature 

 of 14 mangos not quite ripe will keep well for at least 

 a month. This has also been found in Hawaii to be 

 true at about 3. 



MINOR FRUITS 



There are in the Philippines many fruits which are 

 less important or less widely known than those which 

 have been described. Of these there are two, the durian 

 and the mangosteen, each of which is sometimes called 

 the most delicious of all fruits. 



Mangosteen. The mangosteen is a native of the 

 Moluccas, but has long been in cultivation as far as 



