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two years the trees were simply considered as 

 curiosities, but opinion changed when two years 

 after these trees were loaded with fruit. In 

 1905 Kobusta coffee was more extensively 

 planted in several plantations, but at that time 

 the seeds were very scarce and too costly to 

 permit of establishing the cultivation of 

 Robusta coffee on a large scale. From 1907 

 the cultivation of Robusta coffee has increased 

 considerably. It can be estimated that during 

 the period from 1907 to 1908 the cultivated area 

 was more or less 5,000 acres, and in 1908-1909, 

 20,000 to 30,000 acres. In the Malang district 

 from 50 to 60 acres were planted with Liberian 

 and Arabian coffee, but this plantation has been 

 abandoned. Although Robusta coffee is capable 

 of standing long drought, it prefers, however, 

 abundant and regular rain. On the hills south 

 of Malang Robusta coffee has been known to 

 stand a period of drought of nearly four 

 months; the trees suffered a little, but 

 recovered very rapidly soon after the first rain. 

 I do not think that Robusta coffee trees have 

 ever been known to die for want of rain. It 

 must be noted, however, that in Java coffee is 

 cultivated under shade, which preserves the soil 

 and also the coffee trees from the hot rays of 

 the sun. 



According to the experimental results 



