THE 



FERMENTATION OF CACAO 



WITH WHICH IS COMPARED THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL 

 INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE FERMENTATION, OXIDATION, AND 

 DRYING OF COFFEE, TEA, TOBACCO, INDIGO, &C., FOR SHIPMENT 





By the following Authorities: 



DR. AXEL PREYER, BERI.IJI DR. SCHULTE IM HOPE, BERLIN 



DK. OSCAR LOEW, MUNICH Dr. J. SACK, HOLLAND 



DR. FICKENDEY, CAMEROON'S MR.. GEO. S. HUDSON, ST. LUCIA, B.W.I. 



DK. LUCIUS NICHOLLS, OF CAMBRIDGE (ENG.) AND ST. LUCIA 



EDITED BY 



HAROLD HAMEL SMITH 



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Editor of " Tropical Life" ; Author of " Soil and Plant Sanitation on 



Cacao and Rubber Estates" ; " The Ftiture of Cacao- Planting" ; 



" Cacao- Planting in the West Indies," &c., &c. 



WITH A FOREWORD BY 



SIR GEORGE WATT, C.I.E., M.B., C.M., LL.D., F.L.S., 



Formerly Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India ; 



Authoroj " The Dictionary of Economic Products of India " ; " The Pests and Blights 



oftht Tea Plant" ; " 7^he Commercial Products of India" ; " The Wild and Culti- 



vatedCotton Plants of the World" ; " Indian Art at Delhi in 1903," &c., &c. 



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