... particularly for the last thirty years, in which period the cultivation of coffee and other articles has been assiduously prosecuted and encouraged. The chief produce is pepper, which is mostly grown in the western part of the island. This spice is... Voyages to the East-Indies - Page 226by Johan Splinter Stavorinus - 1798 - 572 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Pinkerton - 1812 - 1030 pages
...ifland yields, are confiderable, and of great importance to the company : more particularly for the laft thirty years, in which period the cultivation of coffee,...from a plant * of the vine kind, which twines its ten. drils round poles, or trees, like ivy or hops. The pepper corns grow in bunches, clofe to each... | |
| John Joseph Stockdale - 1812 - 420 pages
...the island are considerable, and of great importance to the Company ; more particularly for the last thirty years, in which period the cultivation of coffee and other articles has been assiduously prosecuted and encouraged. The chief produce is pepper, which is mostly grown in the western... | |
| William Henry G. Kingston - 1882 - 352 pages
...productions of this country is pepper. It is produced from a plant of the vine kind, Piper nigrum, which twines its tendrils round poles or trees, like ivy or hops. The pepper-corns grow in bunches close to each other. They are first green, but afterwards turn black.... | |
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