IIISTOKV AM> CULTIVATION OK TIIK JI.AM. 5 



ami c()nsc(|uciilly coinin.mcls ihr. liij^lu-sl prices 011 ihc marktri.* 

 One of ihr hiH-st growths, however, is that of Soconosco, on the 

 coiust of Cfualemala. which w.is. at one lime, monoj)olised for the 

 use of the Spanish Court, and still realises very high prices. 



Cocoa is also grown in Mauritius, Madagiuscar, Isle de 

 HourlM)n, Australia. lli«r Philippine Islands, the Islantl of 

 St. Thome, off the west co;ust of Afric.i. and some portions of 

 the continent of Africa. 



Hy far the most im|)ortant sources of supply, however, are the 

 districts of Central America, the northern portion of the South 

 American Continent the Aniillrs md in recent years, the island 

 of St. Thome. 



Florida, in that p.irt which borders the Gulf of Mexico and 

 the southern j)art of Louisiana, marks the most northerly limit in 

 which Cocoa naturally grows. 



.\ ir.iveller in Louisiana, in 1796, speaks of the Cocoa tree 

 among others, "covering with delightful shade the shores of the 

 Mississippi," and on "the banks of the Alatamaha, in I'lorida ; " 

 but it is only toward the latitude of 22 ' that the climate is f.ivour- 

 able to its cultivation, both north and south of the Equator. 



♦ KcrRuson, in "Ceylon in 1884," remarks :—" Cocoa can never be cultivated in 

 Ceylon to the same extent as Coffee, Tc.i, or Cinchona, for it requires a jjootl d< ; ' \ 

 ^o<kI soil and shelter from the wind, and these arc only to l>e found in \crv Imiiicii 

 I " •>• R. H. Tytler Ijclonjis til' njj this cr 



•• «».i vpo«^i!v rr.il!/r<| t the In- | 



planted, and it is expected that ten years hence an area e\' . x» acres under this 



plant will enable Crvlun ti. <.rn.! 1 ?ivooo to 150,000 hm - "( n- products to 



European markets. 



