COFFEE : ITS CULTIVATION AND PROFIT. 



berries contain two beans, each of which germinates 

 separately and throws up an individual plant, the 

 number of seeds in one bushel will be not far from 

 80,000, from which 10 per cent, must be deducted 

 in view of shrivelled and pea berries, leaving an 

 effective of 70,000.* It is inevitable that some 

 lots of seed should be less fertile than others, and 

 it is far preferable to thin out overcrowded beds 

 than to run short of young " stock" in a favourable 

 planting season. 



The following table may serve as a guide : 



When the planter has made up his mind as 

 to the distances apart he intends to plant out his 

 bushes, and knowing the number of beans in a 

 measure of seed, he may very nicely allot his 

 nursery space. 



Though desirable, it is not often possible to 

 make much choice of where one's berry comes from. 

 It should, however, be from trees as healthy as 



* Sabonadiere calculates only 30,000 plants from a bushel of 

 seed Coffee! 



