CACAO CULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 25 



Mr. Rousselot places the yield on the French Congo at the same figure 

 In the Caroline Islands it reaches 5 pounds and in Surinam, according 

 to M. Nichols, the average at maturity is 6-J pounds. In Mindanao, I 

 have been told, but do not vouch for the report, of more than ten "catties" 

 taken in one year from a single tree; and, as there are well-authenticated 

 instances of record, of single trees having yielded as much as 30 pounds,. 

 I am not prepared to altogether discredit the Mindanao story. 



The difference, however, between good returns and enormous profits 

 arising from cacao growing in the Philippines will be determined by the 

 amount of knowledge, experience, and energy that the planter is capable 

 of bringing to bear upon the culture in question. 







