VARIETIES OF COCOA 



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colour and shape of the beans are generally about the 

 same as in the Angoleta, but there are also Cundeamor 

 types with flat, dark-coloured beans. 



The Cundeamor variety is cultivated in Venezuela, 

 in Trinidad, in the province of Esmeraldas in Ecuador, 

 and in Java. 



C. Amelonado 

 The Amelonado (Fig. 27), which is generally called 



FIG. 26. Forastero, Cundeamor variety. 

 Two types : the type B is more like the Forastero Amelonado than type A. 



" Sambito" in Venezuela, is the most widely cultivated 

 sub-variety of Forastero. By far the largest part of 

 the world's crop of cocoa comes from this variety. 



The difference between the many local types is 

 rather great, but, speaking generally, the Amelonado 

 variety is characterised by its broad and short fruits, 

 which have more or less the shape of a water-melon or 

 an egg. They may be bottle-necked (Fig. 27, B) or not 

 (Fig. 27, A). The apex is sometimes shortly acuminate 



