Burma . uded 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 the plantain or banana {hngeppydw-thi). Many varietiesare cultivated, some of them very delicate. The plantain is propagated fromsuckers; after fruiting in the second year, the plant dies. The papaya (thimbdw-tht, Nos. 407, 43 S) was introduced over sixty years ago and has spread every-where. Of sweet fruits there remai
Burma . uded 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 the plantain or banana {hngeppydw-thi). Many varietiesare cultivated, some of them very delicate. The plantain is propagated fromsuckers; after fruiting in the second year, the plant dies. The papaya (thimbdw-tht, Nos. 407, 43 S) was introduced over sixty years ago and has spread every-where. Of sweet fruits there remain the pine-apple, which is cultivated in thelight shade of the orchardsof jack, and the water-melon, grown in vegetablegardens together with cu-cumbers and vegetablemarrows. The walnut andchestnut flourish in thenorth. The vine bearsthere also, but cannot beaccounted a Burma nuts are the cashewkernel and the ground-nut(mye-bi) ; both have to beroasted. The kernels of 190. rod net (paittaqun).. 88 BURMA
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