Excerpt from Seed Source Variation in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Grown Mahoganies Differences exist to varying degrees in seed pods, seedling characteristics, survival after field planting, susceptibility to shoot borer attack, growth rate and leaf characteristics between species and among seed sources within species. Differences between species were more important than differences among seed sources in the important characteristic of adaptability as a timber species. Planting location was also very important. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.