... bears one bunch of about a hundred bananas— and then its work accomplished dies Other trees spring up from the roots The bread fruit tree provides the staple diet of many South Sea islanders They cook the starchy interior of the fruit Of course the natives ...

... His tombstone reads: 3 William Bligh, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, the celebrated navigator ‘who tirst transplanted the Bread Fruit Tree from Otaheita to the West Indies” He died aged 64 in 1817, . y Charles Wesley Another of London’s blue and white memorial ...

... the fact tna tue expedition or.ginated from the Bociety’s offer of a pmze for the suecess- ful. transplanting of. the bread fruit. tree to the has become.-obeactir od Wem Indies. So vast are’ the Society's activities that it ‘would best suit to take prove ...

... expedition in the Bounty was undertaken In 1789 In consequence of the Society’s offer of a prize for the Introduction of the bread fruit tree Into the West Indies. These are things that should be remembered when the Society’s history considered. By the very name ...

... our present Queen is vast stretch of time. But the link is there. Bligh sought the society's prize for introducing the bread fruit tree to the West Indies, and the society's patron in this, its 200th birthday, is Queen Elizabeth 11. Coin collection will ...

... famous expedition of the Bounty originated from the society's offer of a Fnu for the successful transplanting of the bread fruit tree to the West Indies. Captain Bleigh. on his second expedition, transplant not only bread fruit, but manv oth¢ . valuable ...

... best of drums, high-pitched antelope horns and the twang of bamboo xylophones. - Dispite police warnings, every palm and bread fruit tree was populated by grinning faces and ebony limbs which rippled to the same melodies. Schoolchildren In blue, white, pink ...

... antelope horns and the twang of bamboo xylophones. Sports Field Greeting by 15,000 Despite police warnings, every palm and bread fruit tree was populated by grinning faces and ebony limbs which rippled to the same melodies. Schoolchildren in blue, white, pink ...

... beat of drums, high-pitched antelope horns and the twang of bamboo xylophones. 'Despite police warnings, every palm and bread fruit tree was populated by grinning faces and ebony limbs which rippled to the same melodies. Schoolchildren in blue, white, pink ...

... than any long-term brutality sparked off the mutiny Bligh set in the Bounty with the of collecting specimens the TahlUan bread fruit tree These were to taken to the West Indies in the hope that this useful vegetable would there become established storms prevented ...

... * Bounty = originated. at least in part, from the Society’s offer of a prize for the successful transplanting of the bread fruit tree to the West Indies. Capt. Bligh, on his second expedition in the *“Providence.” succeeded in transplanting not only ...

... memory of William Bligh, Esquire. F.R.S.. V see- Admiral of the Blue. The celebrated navigator who first transplanted the bread fruit tree from Otaheite to the West Indies, bravely fought the battles of his country, and died beloved. respected, and lamented ...