Burma . 188. COLLECTINQ JACK-FRUIT. FRUITS, VEGETABLES, FLOWERS 87. 189. FRUIT-STALL IN JULY (TENASERIM), the villages. They de-mand little or no on whichproper care is bestowedare the custard - apple,orange, mangosteen anddurian, the first of thesein the dry region, thelatter three in the moistsouth. The durian(duyin) requires aboutthe same expenditureof labour before it bears as the cocoanut; but the fruit is prized above all cultivation has been so much extended of late that average durians in theseason cost only about double the price of green cocoanuts. Thirty
Burma . 188. COLLECTINQ JACK-FRUIT. FRUITS, VEGETABLES, FLOWERS 87. 189. FRUIT-STALL IN JULY (TENASERIM), the villages. They de-mand little or no on whichproper care is bestowedare the custard - apple,orange, mangosteen anddurian, the first of thesein the dry region, thelatter three in the moistsouth. The durian(duyin) requires aboutthe same expenditureof labour before it bears as the cocoanut; but the fruit is prized above all cultivation has been so much extended of late that average durians in theseason cost only about double the price of green cocoanuts. Thirty yearsago both durian and mangosteen used to cost two and three times as muchas now. The limits of durian and mangosteen are 17° N. and 95° E. Onlya small part of the habitat of both trees is included in Burma. Oranges, likeall fruit trees in Burma, are grown from seed. The custard-apple is plantedon terraced hillsides. It gives to the Irawadi at Prome a character whichrecalls the vineyards of the Rhine. The fruit of Burma, however, as of thetropics at large, is
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