Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0366Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a multitude of palm trees, a lareg number of coconuts are on the trees. Above the image "30" is printed, below the image "V23238 - Coconut Trees in teh White Sands at Palm Beach, Florida." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydeny, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V23238
COCONUT TREES AT PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
Lat. 27 (Degrees) N.; Long. 80 (Degrees) W.
Palm Beach is on an island which forms the eastern boundry of the inlet of the Atlantic Ocean known as Lake Worth. It is a very popular winter resort, for during these months the air is deliciously balmy, owing to the warm current of the Gulf Stream.
This pciture shows some of the coconut trees which are found in great number here. The coconut tree is a species of tropical palm, originally a native of the islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans but now found in most tropical regions. It thrives best in sandy soil near the sea, and can weather all kinds of storms better than any other cultivated tree. Its stem or turnk is about two feet in diameter, and it grows to a height of from sixty to one hundred feet. The tree bears fruti after the seventh or eighth year and continues to bear for about eighty years.
Almost every part of the tree can be used. The kernal of the coconut is sued in the manufacturing of candles and soap ; the sap from the growing tree makes a tart drink known as "toddy" ; the husk is used in making brushes, mats, and mattresses ; the elaves are woven into baskets and mats ; the root has narcotic properties ; and the nut itself is an article of food. Every one knows what one of these nuts looks like, but not every one knows that eah one contains the embroy of a new tree. The outside shell is so hard that little moisture can get throug ; the germ is kept fresh by the cocoanut milk. Outside of this shell is the fibrous husk, which is so light that it prevents the nuts from sinking when they happen to fall into the sea. They may thus be carried many miles to some newly formed coral reef. Almost every island in the tropical seas has its own coconut palms, of which many were planted in this way.
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