. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. i66 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE Transplanting. Tlie trees are transplanted early in the rainy season, when they should be six months or more old. The taproot must not be broken or cut, for this is likely to injure the tree permanently. The trees might. III. Drying coffee in Benguet be left another year in the seed beds, if planted 25 cm apart; but it is more difficult to transplant these larger trees without injury. No trees which are weak or un- sound in any respect should be transplanted. WHiere trees are to be planted, it is a good practice to d
. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. i66 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE Transplanting. Tlie trees are transplanted early in the rainy season, when they should be six months or more old. The taproot must not be broken or cut, for this is likely to injure the tree permanently. The trees might. III. Drying coffee in Benguet be left another year in the seed beds, if planted 25 cm apart; but it is more difficult to transplant these larger trees without injury. No trees which are weak or un- sound in any respect should be transplanted. WHiere trees are to be planted, it is a good practice to dig a hole 40 cm wide and deep, and to fill it around and under the tree with rich earth. Two meters in each direction is a good distance between trees. In Ceylon they are planted closer together than this, and kept trimmed very short; while in Brazil they are 3 or 4 meters apart, and*not trimmed at 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 Copeland, Edwin Bingham, 1873- [from old catalog]. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. , and Manila, World book company
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