440 UKr<»KT OK OFKICK (>K KXl'KKI.MKNT STATIONS. 



()l>s»'i\ cd. Alumt 'A j)()uii(l.s (»r ••Itciiiis" jxitrt-f is the ii\ ('ra«»'o anuiuil 

 crop ill Trinidad; lliat is. an anc containiiijc 'MH) troos uiil pi'oclucc 

 alioiit hall" a ton of cocoa, worth about >t^lO(>. The life of a tree is 

 iiitlcliiiitc, and a plantation should yield a practically contiiuious crop 

 (s to i;') aniMial picUin<is) for at least twonty-tiv(^ years. 



Ahout half of the Trinidad cacao seeds were ])lanted in lary'e. shallow 

 hoxes of earth without fertilizer and the other half were i)lanted in 

 ItaudxK) pots, one seed to each pot; each method was found to have 

 some advantat^es over the other. The "damping' ofl"' was more easily 

 conti'olled in the pots than in the boxes, but al)out 30 per cent of the 

 seedlings were lost from this disease. ]n June a])out 850 selected 

 seedlings were transferred into the plat without loss. The site selected 

 for the experiment is a ravine, the sides of Avhich were densely covered 

 w ith second-growth shrubs and trees. This natural shade will be gi"adu- 

 ally cut out and replaced bv ''Bocare*' {^Erythrlnn iiticrojdci'y.r) — one 

 shade tree to four cacao trees. 



Two varieties of the Porto llico cacao — the common Colorado (proba- 

 bly identical with the Trinidad "Forastero") and the w'hite-seeded 

 variety having- yellow pods — are also represented in the collection. 

 The white-seeded cacao is considered more difficult to grow, but of 

 superior quality. 



The Trinidad varieties are the following-: 



Calabacillo, red CrioUo-Forastero, red. 



Forastero-Cnndeanior. Criollo- Forastero, yellow. 



Criollo, red. Criollo-C'alal^acillo. 



Large, smooth yellow. Forastero, 5-angled, large seed, small, tliiii 



Fora.stero, Ceylon, brown. pod, acute tip. 



Lapp Forastero. Ff)rastero, low grade. 



■FRUIT NURSERIES, 



Experiments in cutting propagation of \ arious varieties of native 

 fruits have been made. A roofed shed open to the air on all sides is 

 indicated as the proper locus for further work in this line. 



Species from Trinidad: 



Bilimbi {Averrhoa bilimbi). Cannon-ball tree {Couroupita guianen- 



Kokain butter {Garcinia indica). sis). 



Caraj), or crab-nut {Carajxi gnianni- Madagascar tamarind or Voa-Vanga 



aiis). ( Vdngnrria ednlls). 



Nutmeg {Myristica 7nosc}uita). Apple calaba«li {P(irmeixtiera cere- 



if era). 

 From Venezuela: 



Sweet lemon {Citrus medica lumia), a tree bearing medicinal seeds. 



From Curasao: 



Small, sweet mango {Mangifern indica). 



Froi n Grenada : 



Tahiti apple {Eugenia malaccensis) . Nutmeg {Myrinlira moschaUi). 



