8 COFFEE I ITS CULTIVATION AND PROFIT. 



writes : "The Maragogipe Coffee tree which I have 

 seen growing in Brazil, on the plantations of Mr. 

 Francisco Clemente Pinto, has a much larger leaf 

 than the ordinary Arabian tree. It grows with extra- 

 ordinary vigour, and trees three to four years old 

 were already eight to ten feet high, and full of fruit. 

 The tree seems to come into full bearing much 

 sooner than the ordinary sort, and the bean is 

 very much larger. Altogether the weight of Coffee 

 per acre must be very much more when the land 

 is planted with Maragogipe than with the ordinary 

 Coffee tree." 



Lately the Minister of Agriculture dispatched 

 the following official note to the President of the 

 Province, in relation to the propagation of the new 

 species of plant there discovered : " The species 

 of Coffee called ' Maragogipe,' which, according to 

 information in this Department of State, was dis- 

 covered in your Province by Crisogno Jose Fer- 

 nandes, has found great favour among the planters 

 of Rio de Janeiro, and the merchants who have 

 examined it in this market, and in various countries 

 of Europe, all agreeing that in size of berry, aroma, 

 and taste it is one of the species most recommend- 

 able. With a purpose, therefore, of propagating its 

 cultivation, your Excellency is hereby authorized 

 to acquire, on account of this Department, and to 

 remit 500 kilogrammes of this fruit, in a condition 

 suitable for the plantation. Also, I recommend that 

 your Excellency order the extension of the culti- 



