CHAP. 



82 COCOA 



The most usual appearance of these types may now 

 be briefly described. 



A. Angoleta 



The typical Angoleta variety (Fig. 25) is char- 

 acterised by large, regularly-formed fruits, with a thick 

 fruit-wall, generally deeply furrowed and very warty ; 

 the apex is rather long and attenuate ; at the stalk end 

 the fruit is not constricted. These last characteristics 

 bring the Angoleta near the Criollo. Moreover, the 

 beans generally resemble those of Criollo ; though riot 



FIG. 25. Java Forastero, Angoleta variety. 



as large and round, they are still rather large and plump. 

 Their colour is generally light violet. 



The quality of the product of several types of 

 Angoleta is superior. 



The Angoleta variety is to be found in Venezuela, 

 in Trinidad, and most probably also in Central America ; 

 it also occurs in several other countries, but never to a 

 large extent or in a pure form. 



B. Cundeamor 



The Cundeamor (Fig. 26) is in many respects much 

 like the Angoleta, but the furrows of the fruit-wall are 

 generally not so deep and the warts less prominent. 

 The most characteristic feature is the constriction of the 

 fruit near the stalk-end, which gives the fruit more or 

 less the shape of a bottle ("bottle-necked"). The 



