Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-09

aa much as $4,000 n year a large
p1rt OF his pfo1ta comCs from the sale
of the aiipa or ehoots which De chips
By the car load to the seaports 20 be
sent 10 Honolulu.
Thoro are different kinds of tluonp.
pisa Tho finest growers ln Florida arc
the CAYENNE. the Ahlk and thH queen.
THE CAYENNE IT, aH smooth uH au apple
and r1 lulcy that 10 can be eaten with
o. -uoan' Tho Florida men here believe
that au " these varieties can b.. grown
ln Porto Rico. and that they will proc
duco better here than anywhere else.
MONEY IN CoCoANurs.
a million and o. half of eueuluuis afro
shipped from MayuEuD4 every year
There are large c0connut rrYyHs along
the western coast ~ Porto Rico. and
rmalior rr1yoa 90 The other DHIat puIa
~ the Island. I saw one grove or
many thousand trees IN eastern Porto
lir1. not Ear from ilumariu.
There arc mon here who have largo
Incomes from cocoanutH. Ono IMAM ia
reported NE making $4,000 year out
OF his orchard. He haH more than Zoe
600 trets. and they pay him 900 the aver
age 81 each yearly
ID IL not difficult 10 stlrt 20 clc0lnut
grove Tho only thlnrs needed arc tho
land and the mute. The mute uro laid
upon the top Of the ground. o. few
Inches nnart. The nlr hHrH is very
moist. and after 20 short t'mH each NUT
t.anda out o. aprout from uu" uf the iit-
ne eyes at 80 ends The .urUui rrowe
uu into tho AIR. and ut tH. same time
o. root shoots out of ltf haHH down into
the ground Within u Tow months tho
srrout has grown as high Ha table.
THE root o. now broken HN HrI thH
Frr0ut and nut urc planted where the
about nix inches IN the earth tho fpuut
remaining above Tho earth iH now
rrossrd tightly down over the nut, ami
The planting IT, done.
regularly. They should %. planted about
fifteen fsot apart. or luat about la nr
apart bs the trees OF our u"loh ore
charda. This viii Rivg lN ifoeo por
acre. They begin 90 bear % i've yrps,
and need practically mo- cultivation
Grass can De- gown ln oucpAnul
orchard and cattle p1sturci upon it
such nn orchard In fun bearing Won
produce. with tho present facilities i'i
shipment. iigl per acre with NO ulhri
labor than tho gathering and thippinH
Of tho fruit
The cocolnuts rlncn ~ Tho year
round. Incy drop on thrmHs,N - when
ripe. and the men 80 daily from IN. Ia
tree To- pick up the mute. Each nut mas
o. thick green husk upon it This o.
torn on. and the nuts then look az 10
eco them BOO our stores.
CoCoANUT MILK.
Many cocoanuts IN Porto Rico arc
picked green This Or when they nru
fl he sold Tor their milk The Cpcuauut
milk which you hnd in The ripe nuts.
ua for Instance. those which are exc
ported Go the United States l1 nothing
like the milk of the green cucuuuut
rUah from tho tree. The cue1unut
milk wU drink here Dr. uH clear lH pure
spring water, 10 iH fur more delicious
than tHo nuid which you mud In the
rIpu CUguuuut The method N rrttlng
30 be- Go send "a boy or man up % cocoa
nut tree. lie climbs up, using only
Die feet and hands. almost walking.
a. 70 were. 90 the top. unl pulls on tho
rreon fruit Then Boz takes % muchCto
or big knife and Hlicos Of the top ~
the huHk making u hole In the nut nH
blk around uH 25syOut piece. Ec
hands sou the coeunuut You ilft u
up H1 that the hole rests against your
ilpa and pour tho cool. delicious water
down your throat IL b. % drink FOR "a
king.
Cocoanuts ~ this kind cost you about
9 OF o cUuts apiece. They are FOR sale
IN the stores, they are pcddled upon the
streets and you can buy them In the
markets The milk forms q good sub
Htltuto Tor wutrr ana e has the virtue
Of being positively free from the disease