32 PLANTING IN UGANDA 



Great care should be taken in the drying, the heat should 

 not be too great, and the cocoa should be allowed to dry 

 slowly. In any case, the lean and badly discoloured beans 

 should be picked out. 



Signed for Crichton and Co., 

 London. 



It will be gathered from this report that the 

 sample was by no means a picked one. It repre- 

 sented, in fact, every bean the pods contained. It 

 should also be recorded that the pods were taken 

 at the end of the crop season, when they are 

 usually in size below the average. 



The report indicates defects of preparation 

 which will naturally disappear when we become 

 more experienced in the art of curing and drying. 

 Then, with proper grading, we can expect 

 remunerative prices for our Cocoa. 



