Show COCOANUTS IN AMERICA How Thf ttru fair listrod on 110 Coast of 11Thlb Isor Agm quite n number of tropical fruit have recently been Introduced Into cut tlvatlon In this country Already on the Nit rout of Florida are growing 1MOOO cocoanut tree 41000 being on one plantation It Is I believed that the first tree ot this kind In the dale protnl from little brought from ten tral America and the Went Indies by the gulf a ream I U Key West and about some of the Old 1 fort cocoanuti wera Planted at an early day IUI rer taln ancient tree now standing bear WItness In 1877 a bark freighted with rocoaniit was caught a atoriu off the Out of tlorldH and beached near lal e Worth Several thousand of the note were saved And planled the aallitir tory growth of the seedlings giving an Imiwtui to rulllvallen The first Importation of coroaniu ol named varieties was made In USD when the eecrctary of agriculture ob I tallies through Ihe state department two shipments of elected niiU from Ihe Philippine Theto with two olh er shipments In 1890 from the ame Islands I Is-lands comprehended fourteen rarlr He To gel an many variation wa n > Poor task Insomuch aa nol more than two or three kind grow In any om district or Island of thn archipelago and they were collected by n nkllled botanlil who made the tour for the Purpose The nut thus received win forwarded to growrn In Florida Certain Cer-tain xpeclmcn from Die Islands of Al I bay and Mlmmli were or the maleal 1 Known tarlet which rlolila little oil and Is I of Inferior lUvoi The hell are carved by the native Into beaull J rut drinking cupa Tho meet or n vorl cly called laonmmli la prepared AIn AI-n delicious sweetmeat with rants anti syrup Anolher variety on account of Its extreme hardness la I known its ba ban which mean ralllttone The word cocoanut la I derived from the Porliigiieie coco meaning moil key beeaure the bane reeemblca a monkey1 face Tho tree wa known to the people of Ceylon aa rarly AI 100 II C Ihe milk being naed by them for making cement The roroanut In t one of the moat iiKful plant root trunk tear tap nnd nut ant made 10 yield tribute to nun The fiber of the bulk furnlahon excellent liarn und Is I preferred horsehair for itumng bed cushions chaiN and raddle It la stronger and more elastic than hemp Tho Polnolin tilt email cord of this fiber which kcrtoa In the construe lion of home and canoe where Ku ropeana would employ nail The green nuts I are grated ror medicinal use druted cocoanuts form an Incredlent of Iho Kitt Indian condiment curry In Ibo Mndllve Islands labor li I Usually paid for Iu cocoanuta |