Page:Williams and Calvert, Fiji and the Fijians, New York, 1860.djvu/105

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INDTJSTEIAI. PEODUCE, ETC. Y9 July. — Patches of ground broken up for yam-beds. J une and July- are vulai liliwa, " cold moons." August. — All hands busily employed planting yams. Now, and in the following m^nth, flowers most plentiful. September. — Planting yams, kawais, and kumeras. Prom May till now are vulas teiiei, " planting moons." October. — Kawai planting continued. Bulous set ; wild ones dug. Kavikas and bread-fruit plentiful. Ivi in bloom filling the air with scent of violets. November. — Large kavikas. Bread-fruit. Wild yams dug. December. — Bananas planted. Some bread-fruit.