88 



COCOA 



CHAP. 



This variety is much appreciated by the planters 

 in Venezuela. It gives a fine quality of product, and 

 resists disease better and is a stronger grower than the 

 Criollo. 



Trinidad Cundeamor. This is a typical Cundeamor 

 with all the characteristics already mentioned. Hart 

 mentions it under the name " Trinidad Criollo," because 

 he looks upon it as the variety originally grown in 

 Trinidad ; but whatever the variety may have been 

 which was first grown in Trinidad, it is obvious that 

 this bottle-necked Forastero cannot be called " Criollo." 

 No Criollo is grown in Trinidad, and the name of this 

 type must be " Trinidad Cundeamor." 



Mr. Augustus has kindly given me the following 

 average of the fruits collected on the "River Estate" 

 (Trinidad) : 



As regards the seeds, the following figures were 

 obtained : average length, 2*1 cm. ; average weight, 

 1 7 gr. 



Ecuador Cundeamor or Esmeraldas Cundeamor 

 is cultivated only in the province of Esmeraldas in 

 Ecuador. The plantations in this province are not 

 numerous, and the total number of trees is estimated 

 to be only 700,000. The fruits are of a slender shape, 

 with a long point, with deep furrows and rather strongly 

 constricted near the stalk-end. The colour is yellow 

 or brownish-red ; in the first case the nibs are some- 

 times entirely white, showing a great resemblance to 

 Venezuela Criollo. 1 



Ecuador Amelonado (Figs. 30, 99), or, as it is 

 called in Ecuador, " cacao nacional," may be regarded 



1 Preuss, Expedition, p. 241. 



