Experiments at the Betel Vine Station, Vellalur

Abstract

Betel vine is an important money crop in some locali- ties and it occupies an area of about 23,800 acres in this Presidency. About 8% of this area is accounted for by Coimbatore District. It is a very delicate crop and requires an enormous amount of care and tending. This is possibly the reason for the comparatively small percentage of the area under the crop. Without being one of the necessities of life betel leaf is all the same an essential and inevitable. factor in the social and religious fabric of Indian life.