The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom - Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on by P. L. Simmonds
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{| |33.30 |225 " | | |5 plants
+-----------+---------+--------+------+------+-------- Cotton {| 630 |81.17 |6½ mth |28,900|3½ |½ lb. (_Gossypium_) {|1077 |46.00 |7 " | | |nett {|1415 |40.61 |7½" | | |per {| |34.61 |9 " | | |plant +-----------+---------+--------+------+------+-------- Coffee {| 230 |47 |24 mths | 5,300| 45 |1½ (_Coffea_ {| 630 |46 |25 " | | |lb. _Arabica_) {|1077to 2250|37.80 to |28 " | | |per {|2453 |39.60 |36 " | | |tree {| |33.30 | | | | +-----------+---------+--------+------+------+-------- Sugar cane {| 630 |84.17 |11 mths.|28,900| 5 |10 percnt (_Saccharum_ {|1080 |46.00 |12 " | | |sugar _officinarum_) {| |41.40 |14 " | | |upon the {| | | | | |weight {| | | | | |of the {| | | | | |raw cane +-----------+---------+--------+------+------+-------- Indigo {| 90 |48.60 |2½ " |57,800| 1½ |70 plants (_Indigofera_ {| 630 |46.00 |3 " | | |produce _tinctoria_) {|1077 |40.61 |3½ " | | |1 lb. {| | | | | |coloring {| | | | | |matter +-----------+---------+--------+------+------+-------- Potato {|1080 |38.70 |140 days|116,600 |4½ (_Solanum_ {|1980 |33.30 |165 " | |Annual|lb each _tuberosum_) {|2700 |27.00 |210 " | | |plant +-----------+---------+--------+------+------+-------- |
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