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"The growers, however, exercised no care in handling it, and 

 sent it to market ungraded and imcleaned, and demand in 

 consequence gradually fell off. Owing to the enormously 

 increasing production of Rio, its place was easily filled by this 

 cheap Coffee, and those consumers who preferred a mild Coffee 

 could obtain Maracaibos, Savanillas and Bogotas, though at 

 higher prices. While the trade with the United States in this 

 Coffee fell off, that with Europe increased, and it is one of the 

 principal Coffees used in France and Germany, people there 

 not being so exacting as regards grading and cleaning as are 

 Americans. These shipments are made direct from Hayti to 

 Europe, and also by way of New York, where sometimes a 

 cargo finds a purchaser, the Coffee being very well adapted for 

 mixing with Maracaibos and Javas. This was, in fact, one of 

 its principal uses, when imported extensively into this country. 

 The Coffee itself has a mild, pleasant flavour, which, with its 

 cheapness, would commend it to many Coffee drinkers if it 

 were properly cleaned and graded. A firm in this city, 

 prominent in the West India trade, and which shipped large 

 quantities of the Coffee to Europe, resolved to try the experi- 

 ment of cleaning and grading it for the American market. The 

 experiment proved a success, though there is considerable 

 waste in cleaning." Rio News. 



In fact, of South America and the West Indies 

 it may be said broadly that Nature does every- 

 thing she can for Coffee, and man does as little 

 as possible. 



Eastwards, again, over the broad barrier of the 

 Atlantic, we may note in passing that on St. Helena 

 Coffee is grown in small patches varying from one- 

 fourth of an acre to two or three acres. At Planta- 

 tion House, Terrace Knoll, Bambu Groove, Elliotts, 



