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TABLES SHOWING THE RELATION OF PARTS BY WEIGHT IN DIFFERENT 

 STAGES OF THE COCO-NUT (Cocos NUCIFERA). (Table I. is in 

 grains; Table II. in grammes.) 



I. GRAINS. 



(Data obtained from individual nuts in different stages.) 



II. GRAMMES. 



(The proportions given in Table I are here applied to a fruit assumed to weigh origin- 

 ally 4000 grammes, or nearly 9 Ibs. ) 



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