Meanwhile, the people of Okinawa and Sakishima are believed to have grown two separate crops of rice: one crop of ''japonica'' rice, planted in early winter and harvested in early summer, and one crop of tropical ''Oryza sativa'', such as was also cultivated in Taiwan and the Philippines, planted in late summer and harvested in the autumn.<ref>Pearson, 152.</ref> | Meanwhile, the people of Okinawa and Sakishima are believed to have grown two separate crops of rice: one crop of ''japonica'' rice, planted in early winter and harvested in early summer, and one crop of tropical ''Oryza sativa'', such as was also cultivated in Taiwan and the Philippines, planted in late summer and harvested in the autumn.<ref>Pearson, 152.</ref> |