Burma . 86 BURMA. 187. TURNING ROLLERS FOR THE CANE-MILL. out-turn is bought up byChinese settlers for distillingspirits (p. 156). Of the edible wild fruits ofBurma, after the wild mangothe chief is kanazo. There aremany less succulent kinds ofwild fruit, for the most partacid and astringent. The culti-vated fruit-trees need to beprotected from cattle till highabove the ground. But sorapid is the growth that in twoto five years the trees are es-tablished. Tamarind, mango and jack are the commonest fruit trees and need little care ; they are wayside trees in the villages. Clumps are planted in
Burma . 86 BURMA. 187. TURNING ROLLERS FOR THE CANE-MILL. out-turn is bought up byChinese settlers for distillingspirits (p. 156). Of the edible wild fruits ofBurma, after the wild mangothe chief is kanazo. There aremany less succulent kinds ofwild fruit, for the most partacid and astringent. The culti-vated fruit-trees need to beprotected from cattle till highabove the ground. But sorapid is the growth that in twoto five years the trees are es-tablished. Tamarind, mango and jack are the commonest fruit trees and need little care ; they are wayside trees in the villages. Clumps are planted in the kyaung enclosures and at camping-places {sakdn) for their shade. In the dry zone the tamarind attains the proportions of our oak (No. 309), as does the mango in the moist regions (No. 304). A congener of the mango, the inaydn, is also planted. The jack-tree attains moderate size, but, although ever-green, its shade is light. The cocoanut palm {on) has to be artificially germinated by watering the nut for sever
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