Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries . .10 yen per kamme. The powderedkombu sells at wholesale for yen per quarter-pound tins, and <». 10 yen for quarter-pound bottles. A very large part of the supply of green-dyed kombu is exported to figures of the quantity and value of the exports for the eleven years endingin 1902 are here given. It appears that in 1901 the foreign trade was larger than inany previous year, the shipments exceeding 81,000,000 pounds. SEAWEED INDUSTRIES OF JAPAN. AMANORI OR LAYER. T1IK SEAWEEDS AND TIIEIK CULTIVATION. 155 The Japanese have from a very e
Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries . .10 yen per kamme. The powderedkombu sells at wholesale for yen per quarter-pound tins, and <». 10 yen for quarter-pound bottles. A very large part of the supply of green-dyed kombu is exported to figures of the quantity and value of the exports for the eleven years endingin 1902 are here given. It appears that in 1901 the foreign trade was larger than inany previous year, the shipments exceeding 81,000,000 pounds. SEAWEED INDUSTRIES OF JAPAN. AMANORI OR LAYER. T1IK SEAWEEDS AND TIIEIK CULTIVATION. 155 The Japanese have from a very early period made use of the red laver {Por-phyra), formerly a popular food in the British Isles and sparingly eaten in theUnited States. The Japanese species is similar to or identical with that found inEurope and America (Porphyra laciniata or vulgaris), and grows abundantly inbays and near river mouths on all parts of the roast, but the supply is obtainedalmost exclusively from cultivated grounds. The local name for the seaweed is. Amanori or laver ut firm, membranaceous, composed of a single layer of brownish-red cells; fronds 3 inches to U feet long, persistent throughout the year, at first linear, but becomingwidely expanded and finally much lobed and laciniate; antheridia and spores forming a marginalzone, usually borne on different individuals, or when borne on the same individual not mixed, but on separate portions of the frond. Found in all parts of the world; abounds on rather smooth stones andpelililes, near low-water mark, and when the tide falls covers them with slimy films, which makewalking over them difficult. ( Fablow The cultivation of Porphyra is one of the most important branches of the sea-weed industry, and gives to Japan a unique position, for. so far a- known to thewriter, in no other country is this form of aquic
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