92 COCONUT CULTIVATION 



five piculs per acre. The coffee, which may 

 be planted out 7 feet apart, does not to any 

 appreciable extent interfere with the growth 

 of the coconuts, provided the plantation is well 

 maintained. 



"Another system, provided the soil is suit- 

 able and there is a good demand for the produce, 

 is to put in fruit trees, planted quin-cunx, at 

 the same time as the coconuts. Mangosteen, 

 bananas, rambutans, chiku, and many others, 

 thrive very well when planted out in the way 

 indicated, and, as the trees mature, add con- 

 siderably to the earnings of the plantation. 



" Rubber trees should on no account be inter- 

 planted with coconuts, as they cannot possibly 

 thrive well together." 



