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INDEX 



Fermentation, 122 et seq. ; effects 

 of, 122 ; yeasts and bacteria, 

 124; germination, 125; object 

 of, 128 ; fermentiiig-chambers, 

 129-131, 151 ; methods of, 132 

 et seq. ; chemical examination 

 of samples, 139 ; commercial 

 valuation of samples, 140 et 

 seq. ; affected by climate, 149 



Fernando Po, production of cocoa 

 in, 3 



Ficus elastica, the Rambong 

 rubber tree, 23 



Ficus Vogelii, the West African 

 Memleku rubber tree, 23 



Finland, consumption of cocoa in, 

 3 



Forastero. See Theobroma 



France, introduction of cocoa 

 into, 2 ; production of cocoa in 

 French colonies, 3 ; consump- 

 tion of cocoa in, 3 



Fruit, age for bearing, 114; 

 characters when ripe, 115; 

 collection of, 115; importance 

 of care in harvesting, 117; bean 

 extraction, 118 



Fungicides, description of, 113 



Fungus diseases of cocoa, 93 et 

 seq. ; losses sustained through, 

 94 ; reproductive organs, 95 



Fusarium Theobromce, a fungus, 

 124 



Germany, introduction of cocoa 

 into, 2 ; production of cocoa in 

 German colonies, 3 ; consump- 

 tion of cocoa in, 3 



Gliricidia maculata, a shade tree, 

 30, 31 



Gold Coast, the experiments with 

 the cow-pea as a green cover 

 crop, 62, 63 ; fermenting ex- 

 periments, 135 et seq., 147 ; 

 valuations of cocoa, 142 et seq. ; 

 washing cocoa, 153 ; yields of 

 cocoa, 163 et seq. ; the ripe- 

 ness of cocoa, 174 



Grading cocoa, 158 



Grafting cocoa, 41 



Grenada, production of cocoa in, 

 3; use of shade trees, 29; results 

 of manurial experiments, 68 ; 

 methods of trapping insects, 85 ; 

 cankered trees, 108 ; the fruit- 

 ing age of cocoa trees, 114; 

 average yield of cocoa trees, 1 63 ; 

 weight and chemical examina- 

 tion of cured cocoa beans, 167 ; 



168 ; proportion of the shells 

 and mean weight of the cocoa 

 beans, 170 



Guam, method of fermentation 

 in, 134 



Guatemala, method of fermenta- 

 tion in, 132 ; washing cocoa 

 in, 153 



Guava, Psidium Guava, used as a 

 wind-belt, 23 



Guayaquil, climate in, 11 ; pro- 

 portion of the shells and mean 

 weight of cocoa beans, 170 ; 

 analysis of kernels of cured 

 cocoa, 171 



Guayara, climate in, 13 



Hall, Dr. Van, on cocoa industry 

 in Trinidad, 29 



Harrison, Prof., on the chemistry 

 of the cocoa tree, 15, 16, 55 ; on 

 cocoa fermentation, 124 



Hart,J.H., on cocoa diseases, 112 ; 

 on polishing cocoa, 156 ; on cost 

 of clearing land, 164 



Hayti, production of cocoa in, 3 ; 

 proportion of the shells and 

 mean weight of cocoa beans 

 in, 170 



Held, Van der, on cocoa fermenta- 

 tion, 135 



Helopeltis Antonii. See Mosquito 

 Blight 



Hemileia. vaslatrix, coffee-leaf dis- 

 ease, 95 



Hevea brasiliensis, the Para rubber 

 tree, 23 ; as a shade tree, 33 ; 

 "die-back" disease, 101 



Holing for cocoa trees, 28 



Howard, A., on the life history of 

 the parasite Thyridariatarda, 101 



Hughes' packard manure, 68 



Imperial Institute, reports on Gold 

 Coast Cocoa, 138 et seq. 



India, methods of fermentation 

 in, 133, 134 ; Dictionary of the 

 Economic Products of India, by 

 Watt, 134 



Insect pests, 82 et seq. ; methods 

 of trapping, 85 



Insecticides, 90 et seq. 



Intercrops for cocoa, 32 et seq. 



Italy, consumption of cocoa in, 3 



Jak fruit tree, the, Artocarpus 

 integrifolia, used as a wind-belt, 

 23 ; as a shade tree, 32 ; sap 

 used to catch insects, 83 



