38 The Cultivation and Preparation of Coffee 



remedy will be to allow the free circulation of 

 air by pruning and assisting the drainage of 

 the soil. It has been noticed in new 

 plantations, after a fortnight's dry weather 

 succeeding the rainy season, the trees drop 

 and turn yellow, finishing by dying off, 

 apparently without any cause. If the trees are 

 examined, it will be found that the bark has 

 rotted and been rubbed off by the chafing of 

 the tree. 



