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IV. Conditions of Land Suitable for Coffee Continued 



C. Altitude Most Suitable for Coffee Growing . . . 296 



D. Altitude of Various Places in Soconusco . . . 297 



4. Exposure to the Sun . . . .- . 297 



5. Protection against the Winds . . . . . . 298 



6. Humidity .... . . , . . 298 



7. Streams . . . . , . 2 9& 



8. Sites for Building Purposes . . . '. . 299 



V. Coffee Cultivation . . . . . . , ,-'' . 299 



1. Shade " . .-* . . . 300 



A. General Considerations Regarding Shade . . . 300 



B. Advantages of Shade . . > . . 301 



C. Disadvantages of Shade . . . . . . . 301 



D. Rules Regarding Shade ... , . .301 



E. Trees to be Preferred for Shade . . ' . . . 302 



2. Distance between the Plants . V. . . . 302 



A. General Considerations Regarding Distance . 302 



B. Number of Plants in Each Cuerda . . , . 303 



C. Yield of Each Cuerda . . 304 



D. Area Required by Each Tree . . . . . 304 



E. Advantages of Long Distances . . . , 305 



F. Advantages of Short Distances . . . . . 305 



G. Rules Regarding Distance . . * . . . 305 



3. Nursery . . . . . 3^ 



A. Advantages of a Nursery . . . . . , 307 



B. Land Suitable for a Nursery and its Location . . 307 



C. Seed-Plot . .308 



D. Nursery from Seed . 308 



a. Preparation of the Ground for the Nursery . . 309 



b. Time for Planting . . .... . . 309 



c. Seeds . \ . . . . . . . 309 



d. Sowing the Seed . . . . . . 310 



e. Replanting . . . . '. . . . 310 



f. Cultivation .... ,. . . . 316 



g. Pruning . . . . . ... 311 



h. Time for Transplanting . . . . . 311 



E. Nursery Formed from Young Plants . . , . 311 



F. Nursery Formed from Slips . . . ... 311 



G. Nursery of Plants for Selling . . . .312 

 H. Nurseries in Ceylon .312 



4. Preparation of the Ground for Planting Coffee . . 313 



A. Felling the Trees . . 313 



B. Simultaneous Sowing .... ' . . . 314 



C. Forming of a Plan for a Plantation . .' , . 314 



