500 



The Com2)Osif(on of the Coffee Berry 



as soon as they have set and the blossom has fallen, or do they need it 

 only towards the end of their development? The same question also 

 applies to the nitrogen and phosphoric acid. It seemed to us that if 

 an answer could be found to these questions it would have a profound 

 practical bearing upon coffee manuring practice. 



During 1912 analyses were made of coffee berries each month from 

 July to December throughout their period of development from the time 

 they were quite small to the time when they were ripe and ready to pick 

 and pulp. As it was found impossible owing to the press of other work 

 to make a large number of analyses of different samples for comparison, 

 and to get an average uniformity was attempted by taking a careful 

 sample from a large number of berries of similar development carefully 

 picked in the field. 



The results of the analyses are shown in the following tables : 



Analyses of Fresh Coffee Berries from July to January. 



Analyses of the Ash of Coffee Berries from July to January. 



