Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



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take from lands similar to your own beware of 

 estates troubled with pests age of palms which 

 give best nuts how to choose the best trees and 

 to tell the most suitable nuts pay a litile more 

 and get the best choosing from heaps San Bias 

 nuts their value in New York again buy more 

 than you seem to need " curing " the nuts before 

 planting the effects of curing handle the nuts 

 with care the germination core to the nut (illus- 

 trated) the contents discussed and described- 

 pests and vermin how to move seed-nuts about 

 the estate donkeys, when to use and when not to 

 use them. 



SEED-BEDS AND NURSERIES 



First the soil secondly water wells or other irriga- 

 tion schemes laying out the ground its locality 

 remove all stumps, &c. get rid of the grass Mr. 

 L. C. Brown (F.M.S.) on planting and selection 

 of nuts seed-nuts from San Bias, Penang, Pro- 

 vince Wellesley, Kuala Selangor, Kuala Langat, and 

 Lower Perak best aged trees to take from 

 all nuts must be fully ripe and free from damage 

 how to plant them Mr. Brown on " curing "- 

 30 ft. x 30 ft. when planting-out Robusta coffee 

 recommended as a catch crop shade necessary 

 for nurseries native methods with seedlings 

 trouble with pests and animals pros and cons of 

 nurseries planting at stake the nursery system 

 most common planting the seed-nuts planting 

 seedlings beware of the low-vitality period 

 avoid root-damage when planting-out use sharp 

 implements the necessity of personal supervision 

 and of shade artificial shading. 



LAYING-OUT THE PLANTATION, LINING AND HOLING 



Lines and stakes the distance to plant plant 

 straight rectangular and triangular or quincunx 

 avoid close planting, its disadvantages yields in 

 the Philippines, &c. money value of crop per tree 

 sites for estates buildings choose these first 

 then mark out the roads belts of trees why they 

 are good which trees to plant pros and cons of 

 pine-apples-other fruits discussed dig large 



