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COCOA 



any twig or branch but the dead ones and the 

 suckers (Fig. 134). So, as in most other countries, the 



FIG. 134. A cocoa tree about five years old, normally developed, unpruued. 



opinions about pruning of cocoa are divided. Never, 

 however, are suckers purposely left ; and a second 

 foliage system above the first one, as is found in Java, 



