. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. 14 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE single cotyledon. Embedded in it, pointing toward the inside, is the plumule. This cannot be seen plainly until the seed begins to germi- Germination of Coconut. When the coconut germi- nates, the embryo elongates, pushing out through the eye, and b e n d i n g ct o w n w a rd. After the roots become sev- eral centimeters long, the plumule breaks out through a slit in the embryo, just be- low the shell, and grows up- ward. The inner tip of the cotyledon en- larges, and becomes a porous body, called a foot, insi
. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. 14 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE single cotyledon. Embedded in it, pointing toward the inside, is the plumule. This cannot be seen plainly until the seed begins to germi- Germination of Coconut. When the coconut germi- nates, the embryo elongates, pushing out through the eye, and b e n d i n g ct o w n w a rd. After the roots become sev- eral centimeters long, the plumule breaks out through a slit in the embryo, just be- low the shell, and grows up- ward. The inner tip of the cotyledon en- larges, and becomes a porous body, called a foot, inside the meat, from which it extracts food for the young, growing plant. Draw a coconut seedling, with half of the shell and meat removed. What is the taste of the foot? What gives it this taste? ^ ^ • J Fig. 15. Germinated maize The Fruit Coat. The husk of the coco- nut is the fruit coat. Many seeds are even more firmly united to the fruit coats than is the coconut. This is true of maize and other grains. Fl(i. 14. Sprouting coconuts ready for planting. 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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