JAMAICA 



BULLETIN 



NEW YORK 

 OK THE BOTANIC 



(lARDEN. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Vol. V. AUGUST & SEPTEMBER, 1907. Parts 8 & 9. 



THE CULTIVATION OF COCOA IN CEYLON, II,* 



By Herbert Wright** 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIETIES. 



We shall first briefly outline the general characters of the 

 numerous varieties of cocoa grown in Ceylon and other countries 

 and see what features can be relied upon as indicating the value 

 of the different forms of cocoa. It has been shown, when dealing 

 with the history of cocoa in Ceylon, that most of our seed supplies 

 have been obtained from Trinidad, and the systems of classifica- 

 tion drawn up by Morris and Hart for the identification of 

 the varieties in that island are, in most features, applicable to 

 Ceylon. These classifications do not, however, apply to all the 

 varieties at present recognised in Ceylon, Java, Surinam, etc. and 

 according to Preuss do not always strictly apply to the cocoa in 

 Trinidad itself ; in several countries it has become customary to 

 attach the name of the country to the variety of cocoa exported, 

 hence we learn of the Trinitario, Java-Criollo,t Java-Porce'aine, 

 Nicaragua-Criollo, Surinam-cacao, Brussel-cacao, Moderboorn, etc., 

 and a classification or key to the varieties is required for separate 

 countries. The following are the systems drawn up by Morris 

 and Hart and the characters of the varieties in Ceylon as des- 

 cribed by Lockj : — 



* For previous article, see Bulletin IV. 10., Oct. 1906, p. 236. 



^ ** Reprinted from " The Tropical Agriculturalist." Articles also appear in " Theo- 

 G^broHia Cacao, its Botany, Cultivation, Chemistry & Diseases." By H. Wright. Pub- 

 •— lished by A. M., & J. Ferguson, Colombo,— London office, 52 Gracechurch St., E. C. 

 I All cocoa planters should have a copy of this book. — Editor. 



^C f Mededeelingen omtrent de op Java aangeplante Cacaovarieteiten ; L. Zehntner, 

 ^ Proefstation voor Cacao to Salatiga, 1905. 



t Varieties of cacao in Ceylon, Circular, R.B.G., Vol. 2., No. 24, 1904. 



