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The Philippine Agricultural Review. Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1
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The Philippine Agricultural Review. Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1

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The Philippine Agricultural Review
Vol. VIII FIRST QUARTER, 1915 No. 1
SPECIAL ARTICLES
CITRUS FRUITS IN THE PHILIPPINES
By P. J. Wester
BY-PRODUCTS OF SUGAR MANUFACTURE
By C. W. Hines
A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION
ISSUED IN ENGLISH BY THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE
The Government of the Philippine Islands Department of Public Instruction
MANILA
BUREAU OF PRINTING
1915
(Entered at the post office at Manila as second-class matter.)

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

Land area. 115,026 square miles. (The combined area of the New England States and New York, U. S. A., is 109,593 square miles.)

PRINCIPAL EXPORTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1913.

Abacá (Manila hemp), 144,578 metric tons, value ₱46,089,488.

Copra, 113,055 metric tons, value ₱23,295,795.

Sugar, 212,540 metric tons, value ₱18,983,080.

Cigars and cigarettes, 259,435 (thousands), value ₱6,828,660

Tobacco, leaf, clippings, etc., 13,309 metric tons, value ₱4,079,452.

Plate I.

Plant-propagation shed, Lamao experiment station.

The Philippine

Agricultural Review

Vol. VIII First Quarter, 1915 No. 1

Board of Editors

Editor, H. T. Edwards

Assistant Editor, S. Stickney

Contributing Editors

Adriano Hernandez
W. E. Cobey
P. J. Wester
M. M. Saleeby
H. O. Jacobson
C. W. Edwards

Contents.

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  • Editorial      3
  • Citrus Fruits in the Philippines      5
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">By-products of Sugar Manufacture      29
  • Coffee in the Philippines      39
  • Cane-juice Clarification      47
  • Book Review: “La Fabricación de Azucar Blanco en los Ingenios”      56
  • Current Notes: First Quarter—Shield Budding the Mango; Experiments in Shield Budding; Improvement of Tropical Fruits in the Philippines; Petioled vs. nonpetioled Budwood; New Sugar Industry; World’s Sugar Supply; Progress in Sugar Manufacture      57
  • Illustrations.

    • Plate I. Plant propagation shed at Lamao Experiment Station      Frontispiece.
    •        Facing page—
    • II. Citrus Fruits: (a) Talamisan; (b) Tizon; (c) Philippine Pomelo      16
    • III. Herbarium Specimens of Citrus: (a) Talamisan; (b) Alemow; (c) Limao      16
    • IV. Citrus Fruits: (a) Canol; (b) Cabuyao; (c) Limao      16
    • V. Herbarium Specimens of Citrus: (a) Canci; (b) Cabuyao; (c) Biasong      16
    • VI. Citrus Fruits: (a) Tihi-tihi; (b) Biasong; (c) Alemow      16
    • VII. Herbarium Specimens of Citrus: (a) Colo-Colo; (b) Samuyao; (c) Balincolong      16

    Text Figure.

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    • Fig. 1
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    class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Seedling of C. histrix DC      18