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Title: Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed Miller, Wilhelm, 1869- joint ed
Subjects: Gardening -- Dictionaries Plants -- North America encyclopedias
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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ople. It is abun-dant in uncultivated places. The fruit is picked whenpartially ripe and made into sweet pickles or is pre-served, but it is principally eaten in the natural state. The mangosteen, fruit of Garcinia Mangoxtana (Fig.893). is esteemed the most delicious of the orientalfruits. It is about the size and shape of the apple, with PHILIPPINE ISLANDS a rind like a pomegranate. The interior is divided bythin partitions into cells, which contain the seeds sur-rounded by a white or red juicy pulp of a most deliciousflavor, combining the finer qualities of the strawberryand the grape. Unfortunately this fruit is too delicatefor transportation. In addition to its use as a handfruit the pulp is preserved or fermented. The mulberry, both white and black, is grown inLuzon, but it has not attracted the attention which itsvaluable wood and abundant fruitage warrant. Tamarind, known as Manila tamarind (fruit of Piihe-eolobium dulce), was introduced from Mexico. The PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1303
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Additional JVoteson the Products of the Philippines.—The land in the Philippines is seldom given good atten-tion. Crops are planted in the easiest possible way andallowed to grow about as they will. Plows of a modemmake were two years ago unknown there. The nativesutilize a crooked limb or a rudely made wooden contriv-ance to scratch the ground. Probably the production ofsugar will be the first to increase under American con-trol. There are only a few haciendas or plantationswith anything like modern sugar-making machinery.Fully 30 per cent, it is estimated, is lost in the crudeprocesses generally employed. There is no sugar re-finery in the islands. The establishment of one wouldgreatly stimulate production. The island of Negros isIdeal for sugar production. Hemp is the most developed industry in the Philip-pines. The cocoanut industry is fairly well developed.We may also look for remarkable growth of the cultiva-tion of the plant from which rubber is made. Mindanaoand the southern

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