222 SPICES 



CHAP. 



cinnamon exported. The demand in London for them 

 was always brisk and steady, and a large portion of them 

 was used as a substitute for the quills. 



/ AREAS OF CULTIVATION 



Ceylon has held the cinnamon market for very 

 many years, probably from the time at which it 

 was first discovered. The plant has, besides, been 

 cultivated in many other parts of the world, but 

 with, however, less success. 



India. The south of India has for a long time 

 produced cinnamon in the form known as Malabar or 

 Tinnevelly and Tellicherry cinnamon. For some reason 

 this is inferior to that of Ceylon, though some planters 

 have taken a great deal of trouble to turn out a good 

 article. It is interesting to note that as early as 1593 

 Garcia da Orta says that the Malabar cinnamon was 

 very inferior to that of Ceylon. 



Java Cinnamon. This has been cultivated in Java 

 since 1825, and for some years, though the product 

 was of inferior quality, the Dutch there held their own 

 against Ceylon on account of the Ceylon export duty 

 handicapping the Ceylon planters. The produce is said 

 to rank in value between Ceylon and Tellicherry 

 cinnamon. 



French Guiana. The Cayenne cinnamon is almost 

 as thin and long as the Ceylon form, but is paler in 

 colour and more feeble in flavour and odour, and the 

 oil is more acrid. 



Brazilian cinnamon is very inferior, the bark being 

 spongy and nearly scentless. 



Straits Settlements. A good deal of interest was 

 taken in the cultivation of this spice in Malacca in 

 1851, by Mr. I. Ferrier, Kesident Councillor of Malacca. 

 A number of trees were found which, it was said, had 

 been planted by a previous Kesident Councillor, Mr. 

 Salmond, at Pringit, near Malacca town, and with the 

 aid of some Singhalese convicts (professional cinnamon 



