. Vanilla culture in Puerto Rico. Vanilla; Orchids. 64 CIRCULAR NO. 2 8, FEDERAL EXPERIMENT STATION. Figure 51.—The injuries to vanilla plant here shown are of minor concern except for the snail injury shown on the lower right-hand leaf in C. A, This unidentified injury has a mottled mosaic appearance. Note curling and cor- rugation of leaves. B, Gall-like protuberances on the surface appeared to be due to insect damage. C, An unidentified leaf spot of second, third, and fourth leaves with concentric rings was found on a vanilla plant near Morovis ; healthv leaf on the left. and the price of t
. Vanilla culture in Puerto Rico. Vanilla; Orchids. 64 CIRCULAR NO. 2 8, FEDERAL EXPERIMENT STATION. Figure 51.—The injuries to vanilla plant here shown are of minor concern except for the snail injury shown on the lower right-hand leaf in C. A, This unidentified injury has a mottled mosaic appearance. Note curling and cor- rugation of leaves. B, Gall-like protuberances on the surface appeared to be due to insect damage. C, An unidentified leaf spot of second, third, and fourth leaves with concentric rings was found on a vanilla plant near Morovis ; healthv leaf on the left. and the price of the beans. In the past 10 years the cost of labor, as indicated m the tabulations, has increased about 100 percent. It will be noted also that the greater portion of the cost of establishing and operating a vanillery can be abscribed to labor, which amounts to about 60 percent of the total. Labor in the mountainous regions of Puerto Rico usually has been 50 to 75 cents less per day than in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Childers, Norman Franklin, 1910-. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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