to harvest. It requires 140 to 170 days for the crop to mature 
under ordinary conditions. As early in the spring as the ground 
can be made friable is the best time for planting. As large a 
part of the nuts as possible should be permitted to mature under 
ground and then harvested with vines attached, in which condi- 
tion they may be cured, either in tall slender shocks made by 
stringing the plants on a pole driven upright in the ground, out 
of doors, or hung over lines in a well-ventilated shed. 
When fully cured the nuts are picked off the vines and 
sorted. These latter operations are the most tedious in the 
whole production of the crop and unless done by cheap and 
skillful labor may consume most of the profits. In this connec- 
tion, as well as in general methods and results, the experience 
of the writer, who grew privately, in 1908, a third-acre of the 
four varieties under consideration may be of interest. 
Planted in the Manoa Valley in a well-prepared virgin soil 
of a medium gravelly loam, which was covered with a heavy 
growth of guava the previous year, the crop grew luxuriantly 
and proved of easiest possible culture. By using select shelled 
seed, strong germination and a full stand were obtained. The 
crop was planted in July. Two seeds were planted in a hill, 
a foot apart, in rows 4 feet apart. This permitted of horse- 
cultiiation up to the flowering stage, after, which the crop 
received no further attention until harvested. The general crop 
matured in about 150 days, the Spanish variety matured some- 
what earlier, but all varieties were dug at the same time. Har- 
vesting was facilitated by loosening the plant with a broad- 
tined spading-fork thrust under the hill, which permitted pull- 
ing out the plant with practically all the nuts adhering. Cal- 
culated to acre yields, the following results were obtained: 
Spanish — 1,965 pounds nuts, 2,550 pounds cured tops; Bunch 
Jumbo — 1,450 pounds nuts, 2,925 pounds cured tops; Bun- 
ning Jumbo, 1.680 pounds nuts, 3,370 pounds cured tops ; Vir- 
ginia Creeping — 1,760 pounds nuts, 3,150 pounds cured tops. 
In this experiment, the two Jumbo varieties gave the smallest 
yields of nuts, due to the fact that the fine large pods consisted 
