VARIETIES OF COCOA 91 



is grown in all four provinces, the resulting products 

 are of quite different qualities. 



San Thome Amelonado (Fig. 31) has been described 

 by Chevalier. 1 The fruits, which are citron -yellow 

 when ripe, are elliptical and elongated, generally more 

 or less constricted at the base ; they end in a blunt 

 point or mamelon. The fruit -wall has ten shallow 

 furrows, and is smooth or slightly warty. When unripe, 

 the fruits are completely green or slightly rose-tinged 

 at the base ; the furrows are always of a lighter colour. 

 Gradually they become yellowish-green and finally yellow. 



Chevalier gives the following average figures : length 

 of the pod, 14 cm. ; diameter, 7 4 cm. ; weight, 300 gr. ; 

 number of seeds, 42 ; weight of seeds, 91 gr. ; weight of 

 one seed, 1 *9 gr. 



In San Thome this variety is called " creoulo," as it 

 is the oldest type grown there. 2 It is uncertain whence 

 it was imported to San Thome, but perhaps de Almada 

 Negreiros is right in assuming that it came from Bahia 

 in Brazil. It is grown not only at San Thome, but 

 also at Principe and throughout West Africa. 



Surinam Amelonado (Figs. 32, 136) is the common 

 variety grown in Surinam. The two Amelonado types 

 just mentioned are fairly constant in their particular 

 countries, but the Surinam Amelonado on the other 

 hand is rather polyform. It is, therefore, difficult to fix 

 the type, for it is different on different plantations. 

 On one plantation a type with small fruits may be the 

 most common one, but on other estates the type is 

 larger ; on some estates a more or less bottle-necked 

 variety is prevalent, on others fruits which lack this char- 

 acter are generally found. Fig. 32 shows the most 

 common form. With this Amelonado variety inferior 

 sorts of Angoleta and Cundeamor varieties are to be 

 found, generally in small numbers, but sometimes more 

 numerous. 



1 Chevalier, Le Cacaoyer dans I' Quest africain, 1908, p. 130. 



2 It will now be seen how confusing it would be if we called this type 

 "Criollo," as Hart did with the Trinidad Cundeamor ! 



