TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bos,J.J.
AU  - Lensing,F.H.G.
TI  - A new cultivar in sisal from East Africa: Agave sisalana Perr. Ex Engelm. Cv. Hildana
KW  - SISAL
KW  - AGAVE
N2  - On my first visit to Lomolo Estate, in early 1964, I observed in the 1957 plantation several exceptionally tall sisal plants differing in habit from the common sisal forms. These plants had grown much higher and produced many more leaves; the leaves themselves, however, were shorter than in common sisal. Similar plants were observed by me in the past in Indonesia. At Sukamandi Sisal Estate in Java, fast growing plants were found producing about eight leaves a month. These leaves were short: 60 cm. long at the most. A small área was planted with this material at the time, but over a period of ten years production proved to be below normal. It is not known to me whether any of these plants were ever observed to flower; after World War li the plants had disappeared
UR  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/16_fAIMD7ayx2obrF5bv4eV4DklTRT9mK/view?usp=drivesdk
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