Bui. 55. Hawaii Agr. Expt. Station 
Plate 5 
A. — Propagating material of banana plants, (l) A medium-sized rhizome •"IilmI"; CI) a large 
head cut into sections, each having at least one evident bud; (3) small rhizomes which 
are used entire. The white arrow indicates the bud which develops into the sucker 
B. — Field of suckers of the Cavendish or Chinese variety set in the customary way for growing 
at lower levels where irrigation is necessary. The su-kers were BJ t in September, 1924, and 
photographed two weeks later. Note the arrangement of the trenches 
