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COCOA 



COCOA EXPORT FROM THE GOLD COAST 



As mentioned, the cocoa culture is carried on entirely 

 by small growers ; the areas are hardly ever larger 

 than 10 acres, and generally even much smaller. 



The variety, everywhere planted, is a Forastero- 

 Amelonado, yellow when mature, and of the same type 

 as the common San Thome variety, which is known 

 under the local name " San Thome Creoulo." The 

 average length is 15 cm., the average diameter 7\ cm. 

 The seeds are flat. 



Planting at stake and planting from nursery beds 

 are both done. With the first method, the natives 

 after clearing, and rather incompletely burning the 

 forest, make small holes with a primitive hoe, and 

 put several seeds in each hole. The planting is generally 

 rather irregularly done, and the distances between the 

 holes vary between 6 and 10 feet. In planting from 



