The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-03-21
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The, Extent and Source Of the supply aa 'aal
Consumed In the United states @s4 5al {"
t'"@7' New York Mail and Exgre>sas sst at Its.N
% ''There We're Ia, 00Q, 900 coqoanuts re- Fl, f,t
ceiyeG at this port Last year, sal a = III.
fruit dealer to reporter as he watched .'s
half dozen men who We're carrying 9a
baskets into q sLona lSlhat looks as 1sb1y
though the p LlsineSs .lu lo2oanuts s. ,., st
amounted 10 something, doesn't it, A
single firm handled 10, 400 036 of this li ~
numbeB Emostly tor dcsiccating prr- 5 5as
poses .. Fto tas,tnar.s fra ,,i
what countries. Do YOU 0 tain
YOU, supplies -, ,-..,....-ar
their supplies fronutho northern coasts ~ mol
of tSouth and Central AMERICA d. .be.,,
@mai u, Porto lico and aracoa, the bet
ter glade coming from Soatf and ( en- 7'a s"s
trail America. Those varieties, having ao70w
a much thicker meat and selling moreld u1iy
readily are much prihcd by or, best .,,.s
bakers and confectioner..
There are some deer facts about the 10 noli
growths of CotoHnuts tia aBlgIiot gem bs2iu
orally known to our reos H. of the north.
In the first place. the c0COanut will not
flourish away from the srashofe, salt 79sN
water beng absolNt'y essential to it's ,wos
growth No magnet is tFuer t0te pole4 gs9a
than is the root OF the cocoaput tree to r .-,;
the ocean for when the root freaks
throushdi ! h,islSs it bon s Directly ya1 3
t6wa d the sea, no mittter in wht posi-n ti
ton the nut is placed inatAp gro nd
loring its way downward, it .aStenS,it-
self so secure ytat no lorna 70, no mat
ter how sc vere ahas ever been known tolsN
wrench lt rom It's strongAoids " f4o1l beu7us
Id f'Ihe blossoa of the cocoanut is "a 49,
/ peculiar work D nature 4 art Ap-' t''"
| pearbg at tie baS's6f thcslohg. ragged mi
leaves lisa dasIer-liNe Sia7ttil. green ia q q 20
color, and standing erect unil its own . ....,
weight causes it TO bend downward,
there it hangs until the. stems it in-i A.Qd
EGOSps, which are to b1ar and sustain 91g1e
! he nuts, are sufficiently mltnrd, VIII an, a..
this outer protection drops 10 the ground,
eaving c.uster' Of ragged ste I, upon N'.'
which \ OH whFind every few inches VI
iniaturoa eocoa0uts, which require r4u
al cut fourteen months to ripen lid .-s
| you ever see n toc MT us it tai S fron
the tree 'tcp INTO ay o c; and viii 81
| show you On1.t It4t4d aea .lR.aEI liza II
y On the wall of TIN rriA atco ce stool ,-a,.
4 a large caLinct fill. d With curoSitlcs
gathered from All arts of the world '''0
From the hover shelf the dealer took u q .aQ
netr shaped OBJECT about as large as an oa o.
old-fash.oned dinher-paia 4 seetion,of l-1-7
| he outer musk, which is an inch and
half in thickness, had been cut away, -t4
revealing the eoooanat in the CENTER. ofW
This liusk protects the nut when grow ,.,I
ing, and r,pders the germ great assist ,I.S
ance when the nut is Just planted in its
effort to push upward and downward in
the soil The rEHNes gather the nuts
into heaps and ALLOW them to remain ,Y
month before huskng in order to cure
them The pro ess of husklng is Simple 7s"e
1 yiet laboriou5 work, iutrthe natives have %
'econie,s so skilful andFapid in the busi4 n
ness NJ paat amoIa9 az mas oeea kn2wn l
in day tAAhR4 tNN 5sRiin9H4 os1a8