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as the most important Amelonado. It now produces 

 per annum not less than 20 to 30 million kilograms 

 of cocoa, or about one-eighth of the whole production 

 of the world. This variety is almost exclusively grown 

 in the provinces of Los Kios, Guayas, El Oro, and 



FIG. 30. Ecuador Amelonado ("cacao nacional"). 



Manabi, producing the four market cocoas, "Arriba," 

 "Balao," "Machala," and "Manabi." 



This Amelonado stands closer to the Cundeamor 

 than to the Calabacillo ; for an Amelonado its fruit- 

 wall has rather deep furrows. Though exact figures 

 giving the average of a great number of fruits are not 



