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COCOA 



CHAP. 



at the base (the part where the stalk is fixed). Towards 

 the middle of the longitudinal axis they get a little 

 broader, tapering towards the apex, which ends in a 

 short, slightly curved point. The point is sometimes 

 sharp, sometimes more or less blunt. The fruit-wall is 

 red, warty, with ten prominent ridges, which are 

 separated by deep narrow furrows. The consistency 

 of the fruit -wall is soft." The colour of the fruit is 

 generally deep red, rarely yellow. 



The seeds are round in section or short-oval, white, 

 with sometimes a violet tinge along the edges. 1 The 

 following average figures were obtained by measuring 

 a great number of fruits : 



The percentage of worthless seeds is very small, 

 being on the average 2*2 per cent. 



Attention may be drawn to the fact that, as 

 Zehntner's figures prove, Java Criollo shows little 

 variation. 



Samoa Criollo. Cocoa is cultivated on a small 

 scale in Samoa, most of the trees belonging to a pure 

 Criollo type, which stands near the Java Criollo and 

 the Ceylon " Old Eed." 



As to the quality of the cocoa, the Samoa Criollo is, 

 according to Preuss,' 2 to be preferred to the other two. 



1 Zehntner, loc. cit. p. 13. 



2 Preuss, Samoa, p. 39. 



