INDEX 



185 



San Thome, production of cocoa in, 

 3, 7; climate in, 12; develop- 

 ment of cocoa industry in, 21 ; 

 trees used for shade, 32 ; destruc- 

 tion of cocoa by monkeys, 80 ; 

 by termites, 89 ; by epiphytes, 

 93 ; by " die-back " disease, 100, 

 101 ; by black rot of fruits, 

 108; fruiting age, 114 ; Decau- 

 ville railways, 120 ; market 

 price of cocoas, 145 ; methods 

 of fermentation, 148 et seq. ; 

 washing process, 154 ; yields of 

 cocoa, 163; proportion of shells 

 and mean weight of beans, 170 



Santo Domingo, production of 

 cocoa in, 2, 3, climate of, 12 ; 

 fungus disease, 107 



Saprophytes, 95 



Scale, Asterolecanium spp., an 

 insect pest, 88 



Shading, necessity for, 29 et seq. 



Sheep manure, 68 et seq. 



Sodium nitrate, used for manuring, 

 72 



Soil, requirements of the cocoa 

 tree, 15 et seq. ; chemical and 

 physical characters of, 17 et seq. 

 importance of organic matter 

 in, 21 ; necessity for manuring, 

 53 et seq. 



Sour Sop, Anona muricata, used for 

 wind-belts, 23 ; for shade trees, 

 32 



Spain, first country to manufac- 

 ture cocoa, 1 ; consumption of 

 cocoa in, 3 



Squirrels, destruction by, 79 



" Star blooms," disease described, 

 104 



Starch and sugars, 172 



Steirastoma depressum, L., cocoa 

 beetle, destruction by, 84, 1 04 



Sterculiacese, 5, 78 



Sterigmalocystia nigra, 124 



Stockdale on root disease, 1 10, 1 1 1 



Strychnine for destroying rats, 81 



Sucking insects, 90 



Sugars and starch, 172 



Sun-drying cocoa beans, 157 



Surinam, production of cocoa in, 

 3 ; shade trees, 29 ; insect pests, 

 84 ; disease, 103, 104, 108 ; 

 weight and chemical examina- 

 tion of cured cocoa beans, 167, 

 1 68 ; proportion of shells and 

 mean weight of the beans, 170 ; 

 analyses of the kernels of cured 

 cocoa, 171 



Sweden, consumption of cocoa in, 



3 

 Switzerland, consumption of cocoa 



in, 3 



Tania or Coco, Colooasia anti- 

 quorum, used for catch crop, 32 ; 

 propagation of, 34 



Taphrina Bussei, or " Balais de 

 Sorciere," cocoa disease, 112 



Termites, serious damage caused 

 by, 89 



Theobroma, description of the 

 Genus, 5 et seq. 



(1) Cacao, (a) Forastero, (6) 

 Criollo, (c) Calabacillo, descrip- 

 tion of, 5 et seq. ; constituents of 

 the fruit, 16; propagation, 26, 

 35; budding, 39 ; manurial ex- 

 periments, 74 ; fermentation, 

 128, 132, 134, 147, 149, 169; 

 commercial, 173 



(2) Pentagona, description 

 of, 6, 8, 26 ; propagation, 35 ; 

 budding, 39; fermentation, 128, 

 132 



(3) Sphasrocarpa, description 

 of, 6, 8, 26 ; propagation, 35 ; 

 fermentation, 128 



Thread blights, description of 

 disease, 111, 112 



Thrips insect pest, 85 



Thyridaria tar da. See Brown-pod 



Tobacco solution, preparation of, 

 91 



Tobago, yield of cocoa and ex- 

 penditure per acre, 163, 165, 

 166 



Tragocephala senatoria, a Longi- 

 oorn boring beetle, 85 



Transport, estate, 119, 120 



Treculia africana. See Bread 

 fruit 



Trees, cocoa (see also cocoa), 

 climate requirements of, 11-14 ; 

 soil requirements of, 15 et seq. ; 

 composition of one acre of, 17 ; 

 characteristic root-system, 20 ; 

 how to lay out a plantation, 

 22 et seq. ; planting, 45-48 ; 

 pruning, 49-52 ; manuring, 53 

 et seq. 



Trinidad, production of cocoa in, 

 3 ; climate, 11, 14 ; shade trees, 

 30 ; manurial experiments, 69 ; 

 animal and insect pests, 80, 86 

 88 ; De Verteuil OKI, 95 ; various 

 cocoa diseases, 95, 103, 108, 

 112; fermentation, 132; un- 



