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CACAO 



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intendent of the Trinidad Botanic Gardens, sent the author 

 no less than eighteen distinct varieties of cacao growing in 

 that island, twelve of which were described as first class 

 kinds. It is unnecessary, however, to enumerate the names 

 here, for if any one learn the distinctive characters of a good 



CACAO {Theobroma Cacao]. 

 i. Flower. 2. Fruit cut open showing seeds. 3. Seed. 



variety, he can always select the best seed himself. A draw- Description 

 ing of a pod of one of the finest kinds of cacao is seen on the ^best ' 

 next page. The pod was' taken from a tree of the so- 

 called Trinidad cacao growing in the Roseau Valley, Domin- 

 ica. It was nine inches long and nearly four inches in 

 diameter at its widest part. The pod was pinched in at the 



