Alcohol from Coco-nut Palms 



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about 5 cm. long was cut from the end, 

 and after four or five days the sap began 

 to flow. In the Philippines, to facilitate the 

 gathering of the toddy, bamboo poles are often, 

 and in fact generally, attached from tree-top 

 to tree-top, forming bridges upon which the 

 collector can pass without descending to the 



FLOWER-SPATHE BEING TAPPED FOR PALM WINE. 



ground, until his receptacle is full. As the 

 coco-nut palm blossoms throughout the year, 

 the season for collection is continuous. As to 

 yield, Cleghorn states that 40 trees yield 

 about 12 Madras measures (i^- to 2 galls, or 

 5'68 to 7' 57 litres) daily, say 7 in the morn- 

 ing and 5 in the evening. Schortt (in Watt's 

 " Economic Plants of India ") says that the 

 yield will vary according to the locality of 



