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outer covering. The seeds are then washed, and undergo a 

 cold fermentation for twenty-four hours in order to get rid of 

 the mucilage which surrounds them. After drying, the 

 parchment-like husk and silver skin enclosing the seeds are 

 removed by machine processes. The coffee beans are then 

 ready for market. 



Growing on this plot are a few plants of the Kola nut, 

 (Cola vera), from West Africa, a species which is said to 

 produce finer nuts than those yielded by Cola acuminata. 



Plot No. 14. Selected varieties of West Indian Avocado 

 Pears, (Per sea gratissima), and the Mexican varieties Fuerte 

 and Puebla, and others, are under experimental cultivation 

 on this ground. 



Plot No. 15. Growing here are three species of cacao, 

 namely, Forastero cacao, (Theobroma Cacao), Alligator cacao, 

 ( Theobroma pentagona ) , and Tiger cacao, ( Theobroma 

 bicolor) . All the species named are natives of Central America : 

 the two first named yield excellent cacao. The seeds of Tiger 

 cacao are not of value commercially. 



Plot No. 16. On this area are trees of the well-known 

 Tangerine orange, (Citrus nobilis), and a few selected kinds of 

 the Grapefruit, (Citrus decumana var.). 



Plot No. 17.--This small plot consists of the Bush coffee, 

 (Coffca stenophylla) , Liberian Coffee, (Coffea libcrica), and 

 Abeokuta coffee, (Coffca liberica, var. Abcokuta). The 

 berries of the first named are dark purple in colour when ripe. 

 Both species, as well as the variety, are hardy and prolific, and 

 though not producing the highest class of coffee, they are 

 suitable, for cultivation at low elevations. Coffca arabica 

 and its varieties, which produce the best coffee, thrive only at 

 a >nsiderable elevations. 



Plot No. 18. A fairly large area under economic plants 

 of great interest, interplanted with grafted Forastero cacao. 



Plot No. 19. A similar area, with the common seedling 

 orango interplanted with seedling cacao. 



