COFFEE ROBUSTA 85 



"Nursery. This should be made on virgin 

 jungle soil and level land. It should not be 

 made among codonuts of more than a year old. 

 The nursery plants grown in the shade of trees 

 become white, and the growth is poor. 



" The beds should be about 4 feet wide with a 

 furrow of 2 feet between. The seeds should be 

 just covered with fine mould and may be put in 

 6 inches to 10 inches apart according to the length 

 of time the young plants are to be kept before 

 transplanting. The shade should be about 6 feet 

 high, and gradually removed until the plants 

 are fully exposed when they have four pairs of 

 leaves. This is a suitable stage for planting out. 



"A kati is about two thousand seeds. (1 

 kati = 1J Ibs.) 



" Distance of Plants apart. If put down as 

 a permanent cultivation of coffee only, the best 

 distance is 12 feet by 12 feet, with an additional 

 plant in quincunx, which gives six hundred to 

 the acre. 



" Interplanted among coconuts, which are 30 

 feet by 30 feet, the coffee should be 7 feet apart 

 and 8 feet from the coconuts ; three rows can be 

 put in, and in such way along both lines that 

 the coconut tree stands in a square of coffee 8 

 feet inside. 



CULTIVATION 



" Planting out. Seed at stake, young plants 

 or year-old stumps may be used. A stump, since 



