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Title: The Cocoanut
With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines

Author: William S. Lyon

Release Date: October 7, 2010 [EBook #33844]

Language: English

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Bureau of Agriculture.

Farmer's Bulletin No. 8.

THE COCOANUT

With Reference to Its Products and Cultivation
in the Philippines.

By

WILLIAM S. LYON,

In charge of Division of Plant Industry.

Manila:
Bureau of Public Printing.
1903.

CONTENTS.

Page.

Letter of transmittal 4
Introduction 5
History 5
Botany 6
Uses 6
Copra and cocoanut oil 6
Coir 10
Tuba 12
Minor uses 13
Cultivation 14
Selection of location 14
The soil 16
Seed selection 17
Planting 18
Manuring 21
Irrigation 27
Harvest 28
Enemies 28
Remedies