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COCOA 



CHAP. 



When it is smaller, it is useful to fill the remaining little 

 furrows with budding- wax. 



The following rules must further be observed : (1) 

 bud only in a season when the growth is rapid ; the dry 

 season and the very rainy time of the year are there- 

 fore generally unsuitable ; the rainy season immediately 

 after the drought is generally the best ; (2) be especially 

 careful not to choose twigs or shoots or stems which are 



Photo, ly the Me Mr. C. MacQiUavry. 

 FIG. 52. Marcotting of branches (plantation " Djati Roenggo," Java). 



too young ; and (3) tie the bud tightly, but not roughly 

 so as to damage the bud or bark. 



(c) Layering or marcotting. Layering is generally 

 regarded as being impracticable with cocoa. This is, 

 however, not the case. In Java, on the plantation 

 " Djati Roenggo," the author has seen cocoa marcotted 

 easily in the ordinary way. 



For this purpose branches as well as watershoots 

 were used see (Figs. 51, 52), and no special care was 

 taken in selecting these. Branches of 2 to 4 centimetres 

 in diameter were regarded as suitable, but watershoots 



