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no-manure plot and thirty-seven from that 

 which had been fully manured, the results, 

 nevertheless, speak more strongly than ever 

 in favour of the use of artificial fertilizers. 

 The illustration on p. 598 shows side by side 

 a typical yield from a manured tree compared 

 with a typical yield from an unmanured one, the 

 number of nuts in the former being two and a 

 half times that in the latter, and the individual 

 specimens at least half as large again. It 

 must be noted, moreover, that this increase in 

 size is not a mere increase in husk and shell, 

 for the flesh, as indicated by the photograph 

 reproduced on p. 599, has been more than pro- 

 portionately increased. 



YIELDS. 



Some of the critics of the first edition of this 

 book Tiave complained that in speaking of 

 forty nuts only per palm we have been too 

 conservative ; we, on our part, consider we 

 have been over sanguine. During the past 

 twelve months it has been easier to obtain 

 reliable statistics, and whilst none of the 

 published returns of the large estates showed 

 an average of even forty nuts, many expressed 

 disappointment at the average received per 

 palm, and rightly explained that drought was 

 the cause, but some had no excuse to offer ; 

 the deficiency as compared with the estimated 

 yield was there and no reason was given. 

 Under the heading of "'Ware Coco-nuts," the 



