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available, we may take it that the length of the fruit 

 is about 19 to 23 cm., the diameter about 10 to 12 cm. 

 The apex is blunt or with a short, indistinct point. 

 Generally they are slightly bottle-necked. 



FIG. 31. San Thome Amelonado. 

 Reproduced from Chalot and Luc, Le Cacaoyer au Congo frangais. 



The type is remarkably constant throughout all 

 the four provinces mentioned, and we do not find 

 trees of other Forastero types mixed with it. Such a 

 uniformity of fruit is rare in cocoa-growing countries. 

 Curiously enough, although exactly the same variety 



