PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



a rind like a pomegranate. The interior is divided by 

 thin partitions into cells, which contain the seeds sur- 

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

 flax or combining the finer qualities of the strawberry 

 and the grape Unfortun iteh thi-. fnut is too delicate 

 for transportation In 1 1 liti u t it use as a hand 

 fruit the pulp IS prespr\ 1 i t im nt I 



The mulberrj both wliit m i 1 1 i 1 i grown in 

 Luzon but It has not itfi i i 1 tli itt iition which its 

 valuable wood and abundant tiuiltge wHirant 



Tamarind known as Manila tamarind (fiuit of Pillu- 

 colobium dulce) was introduced from Mexico Tlie 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



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Addiliornil Xotes OH the Products of the Philijtpines.- 

 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 modem 

 make were two years ago unknown there. The natives 

 utilize a crooked limb or a rudely made wooden contriv- 

 ance to scratch the ground. Probably the production of 

 sugar will be the first to increase under American con- 

 trol. There are only a few haciettdas or plantations 

 with ntnflii'tL' like "modern sugar-making machinery. 

 I'nii :ii iH 1 ,,Tii it i^ rstimated, is lost in the crude 

 |.i. . . I\ iiiiployed. There is no sugar re- 



liii. ! ,.K. Till- establishment of one would 



^'iriils ~i iiMiil.Lii' [H-(i<!iiction. The island of Negros is 



Hemp is the most developed industry in the Philip- 

 pines. The coeoanut industry is fairly well developed. 

 We may also look for remarkable growth of the cultiva- 

 tion of the plant from which rubber is made. Mindanao 

 and the southern islands are especially fitted for it, so 

 experts say 



grasses are seldom seen m the Philippines 

 Hay is never used Rice L'lass is substituted being 



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1755. Fruit of the Duilan. exterior view and cross-section. 



sweetish subacid pulp, inclosing Its seed, is boiled and 

 eaten, is made into a cooling drink or is preserved in 

 sugar. The tree is valuable for shade and for timber, 

 and is noted for the fragrance of its flowers. 



The sapodilla plum, fruit of the Achras Sapofa (see 

 Sapodillo), a small, somewhat acid fruit, becomingvery 

 sweet when overripe, is cultivated to some extent. 



The Mammee apple or South American apricot, fruit 

 ot Mammea Amerierina (Fig. 1354), is produced in a 

 limited way. The fruit is yellow, 5-6 in. in diam., rind 

 and pulp near the seeds bitter, intermediate portion 

 sweet, aromatic and agreeable. 



Grapes can be grown successfully in "ohm- of the drier 

 parts of the islands, and there is i". .i.miLi ,,1 i !,<■ success 



of the strawberry and the blackl" i i > nlities. 



Importation of tropical fruits n i 'I States 



in 1899, much of which could sm,.,, i>, -n;.|.lM.| l,y the 

 Philippines with proper encouragi-iiii'iit : 



Coffee $,i.=-.,475,47n.n0 



Copoanuts, copra .ind tigs 5.985, 90.^. 00 



Bananas 5,665, .'iSS.OO 



Lemons 4, 398,004.00 



Oranges 1,097„596.00 



Spices 2,782^^301^ 



$75,204,864.00 

 S. A. Knapp. 



!-hal£ fv 



harvested in bunches, the sod and suil aMach- d. It is 

 freshened with water before fed to li..,-. - ^,,,1 .-itile. 

 Spanish books say that cotton is grown t.. ,',ii,s,,|,.i;,l,Ie 

 extent in Ilocos provinces of nortluin Luzon. Straw- 

 berries can be found in the higher altitudes of Benguet 

 province. It is said 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. 



Frank E. Gannett. 



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

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

 the Philippine Islands. 



A most remarkable fruit of the Philippines and other 

 parts of Malava is the durian, shown half size in Fig. 

 1755 (reduced' from plates in vol. 7 of the Trans, of the 

 Linn. Soc, illustrating Charles Konig's account of the 

 fruit). It is the Dnrio zibethinns of botanists, one of 

 the Malvacea-. The reader may find an entertaining 

 account of this fruit in Alfred Russel Wallace's "Malay 

 Archipelago," chapter 5. It grows on a "lofty forest 

 tree, somewhat resembling an elm. • • » The fruit 

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

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

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



