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is done, for instance, in Ecuador (Figs. 58, 59), and 

 sometimes in Ceylon and in Java (Fig. 60). In Java, 

 however, very often only one watersucker is left, arising 

 from just under the ramification or on one of the main 

 branches near the ramification. In this way two foliage 

 systems are formed, one above the other (Fig. 61). 

 The present writer is unable to see a single advantage 

 in either of these two systems. If in an Ecuadorian 



FIG. 60. The Ecuadorian system (see Fig. 58) adopted on the plantation 

 "Djati Roenggo," Java. 



plantation it turns out that the tree with many stems 

 really yields more than the tree with one stem, this 

 is simply an indication that the trees should be planted 

 more closely. And the system often followed in Java 

 (Fig. 61) has been adopted especially in fields where 

 the cocoa has made a very short stem, and accordingly 

 its main ramification is at a low height (Fig. 35), this 

 being a consequence of the lack of sufficient temporary 

 shade (see the section dealing with Java in Chapter IX.). 

 In such circumstances it may be necessary to adopt 

 this system, and to allow one sucker to grow up and 



