CHAPTER V. 



THE PLANTER'S ENEMIES. 



Diseases, etc., of the Coffee Tree. 



ALTHOUGH the ripe cherries are a cause of 

 temptation to the birds, squirrels, " micos," 

 and other numerous vermin, due to the 

 exquisite taste of the fruit, a coffee planter 

 would consider himself happy if he only had to 

 sacrifice a few bushels of coffee to satisfy the 

 demand of the above uncontrollable " thieves." 

 There are, however, a number of dangerous 

 diseases to which a coffee plantation is exposed, 

 amongst which I cite the principal, giving at 

 the same time the explicit indications to detect 

 such diseases. 



By looking through the Bulletin of Agricul- The "Ojo de 

 ture of the Republic of Salvador, this disease is Gaiio"or 

 described as Cock's Eye. 



Sinonimia Iron mark, pox, red mark. 



The leaves are attacked and sometimes the 

 fruit. 



