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Criollo trees with yellow fruits is small. According to 

 the colour the Venezuelans distinguish "Criollo legitimo" 

 with dark red, "Criollo amarillo" with yellow, and 

 " Criollo mestizo " (which means " half-caste ") with 

 yellow-and-red fruits. 



The Trinitario of Venezuela contains all the sub- 

 varieties, from the finest Angoleta and Cundeamor, 

 which are in most respects much like the Criollo, to 

 the Amelonado, called here Sambito, and the coarse 

 Calabacillo, called here Cojon de Toro. 



The finer Trinitario varieties, especially Angoleta 

 and Cundeamor, are to be found in the west of 

 Venezuela, where Criollo also thrives ; the coarser ones 

 (" Carupano") 1 more in the eastern provinces. 



It is very remarkable that, according to all the 

 Venezuelan planters, the Trinitario varieties, when 

 planted in the western parts of Venezuela (the Criollo 

 home), improve in quality. This is certainly a remark- 

 able fact. It is confirmed by Preuss's observation, who 

 noticed that even the types which do not belong to the 

 finer Forastero varieties, for instance Amelonado types 

 (Sambito), have in some respects high qualities which 

 they do not show in other countries. So we can find 

 in the district between Puerto Cabello and La Guayra 

 Sambito fruits which contain such beautiful round 

 beans that they are much like Criollo beans. 



This improvement of Forastero varieties planted 

 in a Criollo field must be ascribed to cross -fertilisation 

 with pollen of the Criollo trees. It is interesting to 

 know that planters are very positive in affirming that 

 it is not only the offspring which shows these improved 

 characteristics, but even the imported tree itself. The 



1 The name "Carupaiio" is confusing. Sometimes it is the name for the 

 whole Forastero group, and thus identical with "Trinitario"; sometimes it 

 indicates the more ordinary and coarse varieties ; but it is also used to indicate 

 a special group of Forastero types, each of which is again indicated with a 

 special name, as : Carupano legitimo, Carupano grande, Carupano mestizo, 

 Carupano parche, Carupano taparito, etc. 



Further, " Carupano " is also the commercial name for all the cocoa produced 

 in the eastern part of Venezuela (especially the Orinoco delta), and mostly 

 shipped from the port of Carupano. 



