200 
50- 
2 Wi Abobobe * [fruit medium size, similar in shape and colour 
to “ Abetuntum,”’ shell of the nut very thin and can easily be 
cracked with the teeth (see A.B. l.c. p. 40): the soft-shelled nut 
or thin-shelled variety: -forma tenera, Becc. |—trees 1, 3 and 4 
gave true thin-shelled nuts. (g) “ Abedam ”’ [fruit in shape 
similar to ‘‘ Abepa,’’ pericarp yellowish-red, nut very hard, 
“the false or crazy oil-palm’’ widely distributed over the colony 
(Lc. p. 40), forma fatua, Becc. ]—trees 2, 4 and 5 gave 11 bunches, 
containing 4472 nuts weighing 61-34 lb.: none of them appear 
of each palm will be available and a complete survey of the fruits 
will be made. The following are the aggregate yields for each 
variety as planted without discriminating :—‘‘ Abetuntum,’’ 22 
in the previous year.’ 
Apart from the cultivation of any special variety on the Gold 
Coast, it has been found that the cleaning and thinning for a 
5-acre plot—357 naturally grown trees in bearing—and_ the 
tilling of the soil for other crops amongst odd palm oil trees left 
standing at the Peki Blengo Station has resulted in a considerable 
satis in yield (Report Dept. Agric. 1916, p. 53: K.B. 1918, 
p- 
from four trees, Nos. coats 6 
true t d 5 
, 0. Of these trees two turned out 
‘ue to , Nos. 3 an 
nuts. At the ‘Palms’ 
- Nos. 1 and 4 produced hard-shelled 
(private estate) out of seven plants of 
