Palau--History--Pictorial works;Agriculture--Palau
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Garden of tapioca, taro, sweet potatoes, and papaya, March 19, 1948
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "'Garden' on stony land, Brown Forest soil materials from phosphate, central Angaur Island, with tapioca or manioc, upland taro, sweet potatoes, and some papayas (left in clearing). Some sapling stumps left."
Garden patch of tapioca plant, March 22, 1948
A closeup of a tapioca patch growing on the eastern side of Peleliu Island. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Closer view of chlorotic tapioca plants shown in I86."
Garden patches of tapioca and corn, March 22, 1948
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Patches of tapioca, corn, and "prak" on stony land, Brown Forest soil material from limestone, with natural reproduction in background, eastern Peleliu Island. Some of the tapioca is chlorotic, but the corn is the best I saw in the island though the ears are small."
Patch of cut tree saplings, March 19, 1948
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Land being prepared for cultivation by slashing the saplings about 30 inches from the ground and leaving the tops where they fall. A few bananas have already been set out in this "garden" patch which consists of stony land, Brown Forest soil materials from phosphate. Angaur Island."
Ralph McCracken standing in cleared land, March 19, 1948
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Area cleared by burning on Angaur Island in preparing land for a crop or two in the "fang agriculture" commonly practiced, with Ralph McCracken to show scale. The area is one of stony land, Brown Forest soil materials from limestone with some big limestone blocks on the surface."