The Money Bosh cipated. it could still prove to be a very good investment. A WORD of warning. It is almost certain that "fly-by-night" jojoba investment schemes will be popping up soon. So be careful of "deals" you hear of concerning this plant. have to have a lot of money or property to cash in on this versatile ver-satile plant. It grow s w ild in the southwest and southern Cali fornia deserts. SINCE JOJOBA beans ripen at various intervals between June and September, that is the best time to go looking for them. (Be sure to bring plenty By CHARLES WEBB Money doesn't grow on trees, it grows on a bush. SOME PEOPLE are calling the beans from the jojoba bush "liquid gold." The Wall Street Digest recently selected this plant as one of "the 10 best places to put your money now." The jojoba has become the w onder plant of the decade. Its oil is an excellent substitute for the increasingly scarce sperm whale oil. It is very useful in industrial lubricants, drugs, waxes, plastics and many other products and it is already widely used in cosmetics. Shampoo, soap and other beauty aids made from it are in big demand. EVEN OIL companies like Mobil are looking into jojoba because, as a representative of that firm said: "Its attraction as a renewable resource is obvious." ob-vious." But don't look for a jojoba "gas" pump at the local filling station. At least not in the very near future. Its oil currently cur-rently sells for $65 a gallon. This has spurred some investors in-vestors to cultivate the plant. Unfortunately, it takes about 10 years for jojoba to mature (although it has a very long life span, up to 200 years or more). As more people grow it. the supply will rise and prices are likely to drop sharply. Yet. if the demand is as great as anli-