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man claimed that his trees averaged him 100 

 nuts per year, sometimes falling to 60, and 

 another time running as high as 130. Lieu- 

 tenant Fortisch, Philippine Constabulary, re- 

 ports that at Ginoog, in Misamis, coco-nuts do 

 particularly well, and that a planter there 

 claims 120 nuts per tree per year from old, 

 well-established trees. 



"Senor Vicente Diaz states that mature, 

 bearing coco-nut trees will produce from 60 

 to 1 20 nuts per year, with an average of 80 ; 

 whilst Mr. P. J. Moore, who is very familiar 

 with conditions in the Moro Province, reports 

 that the actual yearly average yield of nuts 

 per tree in the district of Zamboanga is 

 approximately 45." 



