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49. Budding on water-shoots . . . . . . .140 



50. Budding of a seedling ....... 142 



51. Marcotting of watershoots (plantation " Djati Roenggo," Java) 143 



52. Marcotting of branches (plantation "Djati Roenggo," Java) . 144 



53. A marcotted branch 145 



54. A budded tree five years old (Experimental Garden, 



Buitenzorg, Java) . . . . . . .147 



55. Healthy cocoa under " kapok " (plantation " Getas," Java) . 152 



56. Cocoa grown under "kapok," with interplanting of nutmeg 



trees and Castilloa, while the " kapok " is used as support 



for pepper plants. . . . . . . .153 



57. Sketch of " alternate forking " 163 



58. An example of the Ecuadorian system of allowing the water- 



shoots at the base of the stem to grow up . .182 



59. Another example of the Ecuadorian system . . .183 



60. The Ecuadorian system (see Fig. 58) adopted on the plantation 



" Djati Roenggo," Java 184 



61. The system of allowing one sucker, near the main ramification, 



to grow up . . . . . . . . .185 



62. Burying the husks after breaking (plantation "Djati Roenggo," 



Java) 191 



63. Different forms of cocoa hooks . . . . . .194 



64. Two types of cocoa hooks recommended by the author . . 195 



65. Shelling the pods (Trinidad) 196 



66. Shelling the pods (San Thome) 197 



67. Sketch of the arrangement of fermenting house and ferment- 



ing boxes, as used in Surinam . . . . .203 



68. Fermenting boxes (plantation "Djati Roenggo," Java) . . 211 



69. The washing basin (plantation "Djati Roenggo," Java). . 213 



70. Sun-drying on brick floors (plantation " Djati Roenggo," Java) 216 



71. Sun -drying on wooden floors covered with split-bamboo 



matting (Ecuador) . . . . . . .217 



72. Sun-drying on wooden waggons (plantation " Susannasdaal," 



Surinam) . . . . . . . . .218 



73. Sketch showing dry ing- waggons running one above the other, 



as adopted on some cocoa estates in Java . . . 219 



74. Drying-waggons running one above ; the other, plantation of 



"Coello Hermanos," Ecuador ..... 220 



