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Coco-nuts at home ........ 



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Coco-nuts at Zamboanga, 160 years ago .... 



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Ideal coco-nut country ....... 



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Coco-nuts and rice paddy fields ..... 



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The black or rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, adults and pupa 64 



The red beetle, Rkynchophorus ferrugineus, adults and larva 



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The coco-nut scale, Aspidiotus destructor .... 



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Nuts hung up in pairs to germinate .... 



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Nuts stacked round a pole to germinate .... 



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Seed bed with yams in the background .... 



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Young tree ......... 



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An ill-kept grove ........ 



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Minor products in the Philippines ..... 



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Coco-nut tapped for toddy ...... 



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Grove devoted to toddy, La Laguna .... 



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Interior of distillery ....... 



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Coco-nut rafts at Pagsanjan ...... 



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Receiving yard at Magdalena and iron used for husking nuts 



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Tapahan, or copra-drying house, Philippines 



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Interior of Tapahan ....... 



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Magdalena copra drier ....... 



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Ipitan or oil-press ........ 



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Ilohan or rocking crusher, La Laguna .... 



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