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tion " Medono " supplied almost all the seed for the new 

 plantations. 



One of the planters of Middle Java, Mr. Henri 

 MacGillavry, however, was, for different reasons, not 

 satisfied with this variety, and judging from what he 

 learnt about the splendid quality and great productivity 

 of the Venezuelan Caracas cocoa, he expected that this 

 variety would be better for planting than the " Ked 

 Java cocoa" (Java Criollo). He tried to get this 

 Caracas cocoa, and imported in 1888 from Venezuela a 



FIG. 121. Java Criollo. 



case with cocoa plants, which he got under the name 

 " Caracas cocoa." Only two plants arrived alive, and 

 one of these died soon. The only surviving plant was 

 planted out on the plantation "Djati Roenggo." It 

 turned out to be a Forastero variety of an inferior type. 

 Java may be deemed happy for this mistake of the 

 Venezuelan correspondent of Mr. MacGillavry. For 

 if, indeed, plants had been sent of the famous real 

 "Caracas" variety ("Venezuela Criollo"), this would 

 have been no acquisition of any value, this variety 

 being identical, or nearly identical, with Java Criollo. 



