COCONUT CULTIVATION 



(COCOS NUCIFERA) 



INTRODUCTION 



THIS book is intended as much for the Chinese 

 and native planters in the East as for the 

 European, and the aim of the author is to 

 interest them more deeply in the cultivation, 

 without wearying them by excessive quotations 

 from other writers, or by voluminous statistics in 

 regard to market prices. These change rapidly, 

 and published records soon become out of date, 

 and in such matters, each country is a law unto 

 itself; to an intelligent mind all that is required, 

 in connection with an industry, is a framework 

 or foundation to which can be added a super- 

 structure modelled on local conditions, require- 

 ments and comparisons. 



The cultivation of the coconut is not in the 

 experimental stage it is certain and lasting, 

 and as it has assured comfort and prosperity to 

 millions of the human race in the past, so in the 

 future will it continue to do, and to a far greater 

 extent. 



That the planter will continue to score con- 

 siderably over the manufacturer and consumer 

 is beyond any doubt, for all markets, now short 



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