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Manihot Glaziovii for normal tropical climates. 



Manihot Dichotoma for rather dry regions. 



Manihot Piauiensis for light sandy soil only in rather dry 

 r eg ions m 



These three varieties are very suitable for elevations ; especially Dichotoma 

 and Piauiensis which have been successfully planted up to 5,500 feet. 



Seeds true to name 



carefully prepared and tested, we supply for trial orders, postage paid to all 

 countries, in 



Parcels of lOlbs. net at £3, 



after receipt of money order or cheque. 



10 lbs. contain about 3,700 seeds of Dichotoma or Piauiensis ; about 6,300 

 seeds of Glaziovii ; if requested the parcels can also be assorted, according to 

 orders in two or three of these varieties. — Prices for bags of 135 lbs. on 

 application. 



flevea Plantations 



have found the Manihots very useful for elevations unsuitable for the culti- 

 vation of Hevea, thus making use of idle land. 



Gevekoht & Wedekind 



Hamburg 1. 



Telegraphic-Address : " Gevokind Hamburg." 

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be seen right here, and we recommend to our 

 farmers the use of any kind available. These 

 plants are nitrogen-fixers, better than ordinary 

 manure as a provider of nitrogen. The coconut 

 has two principal insect enemies in the Phi I p- 

 pines the Oryctes, rhinoceros, commonly called 

 uang, and the Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, the 

 red beetle, and also called uang by many. In the 

 case of the former the adult insect does the 

 damage, and in that of the latter the larvae. The 

 low quantity of our copra is due mainly to the 

 use of immature nuts, and to the poor method of 

 handling it. The common nut-gatherers never 

 allow the nuts to mature completely. Much is 

 to be gained if, instead of gathering the nuts 

 while on the tree they are allowed to be dead 

 ripe, and to ball of themselves. They will be thus 

 given time to concentrate their oil contents and 

 thus yield a betterquality of copra. This method 

 has two objections; one is the chance for the 

 fruit to germinate on the tree before falling, and 

 the other is the danger of the nuts' being lost, 

 or destroyed, after falling The first difficulty 

 in localities where it occurs, can be avoided 

 through seed selection ; the second is easily re- 

 medied by keeping the plantation free from 

 weeds. The principal coconut product exported 

 from the Philippines is copra. The total export 

 of this article for nine months ending March, 

 1909, was 5,353,548 dollars, of which 2,774,131 

 dollars, representing 122,638,576 pounds of the 

 article, that is more than one-half of the export, 



were imported by France alone, (from the 

 "Quarterly Summary of Commerce of the Phi- 

 lippine. Islands " for January-March, 1909). But 

 the Philippine copra is classed as the poorest, as 

 can be seen from the following prices of copra 

 from different countries, in Marseilles, December 



11th, 1909:— 



For evety 100 Kg. Fr. 



Ceylon sundried ... 61 



(Singapore ... 58 



Manille ... ... 55 



Java sundried ... 60 



Comparing the price given for the Manille copra 

 with that of Ceylon sundried, the former is los- 

 ing eleven per cent by this difference, in classifi- 

 cation. It we could, therefore, improve our copra 

 and succeed in classifying it among the best, we 

 would increase our income eleven per cent for 

 this product. According to Prudhomme the 

 superiority of the best copra is 'to be mainly 

 attributed to a very careful preparation and to 

 the use of well matured nuts.' The factory of 

 the Philippine Products Company, the first ofits 

 kind in the Philippines, run by Americans in 

 Pandacan, exported in 1908 to the United 

 States and to England 709,239 gallons of oil, 

 valued at 265,069 pesos, and which were made 

 from 5,325 tons of copra." 



