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COCOA 



CHAP. 



tree belongs to a red or a yellow variety, even when 

 there are no fruits on it. 



The root. The root-system develops in very different 

 ways according to the soil in which it grows. In a 

 loose soil, in which the level of the water never or 

 very seldom gets high, for instance on the slopes of 



FIG. 4. Diagram showing the position 

 of the leaves on the stem of a 

 young cocoa plant. 



A spiral has been drawn ascending the 

 stem and passing through the successive 

 scars which mark the position of the leaves 

 from 1 to 9. The dotted lines and scars 

 represent those on the other side of the 

 stem. It will be noticed that scars 1 and 9 

 are vertically above each other. 



FIG. 5. Diagram showing the position 

 of the leaves on the branches of 

 the cocoa plant. 



It will be noticed that the scars 1, 3, 5, 

 etc., are vertically above each other, as also 

 the scars 2, 4, 6, etc. 



the mountains, a long tap-root is formed and the side- 

 roots penetrate deep into the soil. In a stiff clay 

 soil, however, in which the level of the water is high 

 during a part of the year as for instance in most of 



