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The World's Commercial Products 



Criollo. Beans plump, majority white or pale when cut across. Shell of pod soft and 

 relatively thin. 



(1) Nicaragua. Beans very large, somewhat flat. 



(2) Old Red. Beans half as large as (1) ; more rounded. 



Forastero. Majority of beans purple in colour. Shell of pod relatively hard and thick. 



(3) Cundeamor. Pods sharply pointed, bottle-necked, rough ; beans of high 



quality, pale, rounded. 



(4) Liso. Pods various, usual- 



ly not bottle-necked ; 

 beans of fair to good 

 ' -quality. 

 ««.. • (5) Amelonado. Pods ovate, 

 nearly smooth, usually 

 bottle-necked ; beans of 

 lower - quality, usually 

 flat, and all purple. 

 (•6) Calabacillo. Pods ovate, 

 % smooth, small, not bot- 

 tle-necked ; beans small, 

 flat, and all deep purple. 

 The illustrations of Criollo, Foras- 

 tero, and ' Calabacillo pods, entire 

 and' in -section, will 'serve to render 

 clear some of these characteristics. 

 Of each of these kinds there 

 is a yellow and red variety, dis- 

 tinguished in naming- by the addi- 

 tion of dmarilio (yellow) or Colorado 

 (red) fo the first name. Thus we 

 have Forastero, variety Cundeamor 

 amarillo, and Forastero, variety Cun- 

 deamor Colorado, and so on. 



■Mr. J. H. Hart, Superintendent 

 of the Botanic Gardens of Trinidad, 

 whilst agreeing with this classifica- 

 tion in the main, regards Calabacillo 

 cacao as a class by itself, and not 

 merely as a variety of Forastero. 



The varieties differ also in hardi- 

 ness. Calabacillo is the most vigor- By permission of 

 ous trer, and will grow under the ceylon. 

 worst conditions, but its produce is 



much inferior to the others. Forastero is intermediate in hardiness and value, whilst Criollo is 

 the most delicate tree, and yields the beans of the greatest value. As in the case of the sugar- 

 cane, the distribution of plants from one country to another has resulted in great confusion in 

 the naming, and it is exceedingly difficult to correlate the varieties of different countries. 



Cultivation 



General Conditions. Cacao is not a plant which will thrive under any conditions ; on the 

 contrary, it is very exacting, and considerable knowledge of its requirements is necessary in 

 order to choose a proper spot. Deep alluvial soil, well-watered but well drained, in a sheltered 



Messrs. Cadbury Bros. 

 A HILL CACAO ESTATE 



