ee. and by, ae isonitrile Bee 
The purified vanillin then melted oe 
Nan by 
has been found of late even in arable soil (eee page 146). The Be : a 
plants in which it occurs, the layers next to the peel tasting. NL 
sometimes. But also ‘the flowers cof the bahia ines heen they: Shien: ¢. 
Kissingen exhaled a Hisdcinu Sane vanilla sérfimes which was ‘nee ey Be 
in the early morning but disappeared completely after insolation for some time. 3 
picked flowers likewise lost their smell very soon. It. was possible | to Prepare, 
means of its bisuphitic amend The sreetated vanillin melted at 81° and subli ime 
paattened: With ferric chloride it gave the characteristic blue colouring. 
A communication on vanilla growing in Java, taken from an official Dutch periodic 
reads about as follows: : jaan 
competition of the artificial vanillin. “4 ane 
Nevertheless vanilla growing has been maintained. in - Java and is still consic 
very lucrative. The net profits sometimes amount to 1000 guilders: er, bouw*) r 
normal years. | nee 
: A vanilla plantation begins to bear in the third year. As ‘cultivanigne and 
require numerous skilled hands, natives do not come into consideration for the 
and only small vanilla farms can prosper. In the Preanger district, a plant 
of ten years standing yielded from 200 to 500 Ibs. of vanilla beans _ : PEE @ 
districts with really dry monsoon and an average temperature pu 250, tn ia (Garut ‘ 
it requires an elevation of 2000 feet above sea-level. _ The decayed leaves OF ee 
Chili saltnete serve aS manure. ‘Straight beans being asked for in commer 
prefers to fertilize only the largest flowers, situated’ at the lower end of ube. Te 
The est vanilla beans are those collected immediately after maturity, 4. se 6 10. : 
after fertilization. LSE tage had 
In Java, the beans are treated « as follows: the ripe fruits < are sipped 
1) Berl. Berichte 52 (1919), 905. — *) Handelsberichten (De Bincay 12 (1918), 3 371 
remark that this cannot be the case, as vanillin was first put on the market in he a come 
Some time afterwards it became cheaper. — te 1 bouw = about 7100, i m. , “Ne : 
