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Cafe Vermelho — Is the regular " Red-berry " specie?, 

 and is so named to distinguish it from a new variety said 

 to have been recently discovered and termed 



Cafe Amarello — Or " Yellow-berry," recently found 

 in the district of Botucatu, and is so called because the 

 ripe berry is yellow instead of red. It is superior to 

 the ordinary sort, not on account of any difference in the 

 size of the bean, but according to the chemical analysis 

 of experts, who claim that it is much richer in caffeine. 



Brazilian Java. — Extensive plantations of Java coffee 

 plants have lately been formed in Brazil as an experiment, 

 but does not produce such heavy and regular crops as in 

 the original soil. 



Goyaz Coffee — Is a wild species, discovered a few 

 years ago in the province of Goyaz, but is little thought 

 of by planters or dealers, being wild and grassy in flavor. 



In Brazil the planters generally forward their crops to 

 a Commissario or factor at the shipping port, who acts 

 as their agent, the coffee being received in varying lots 

 and conditions from different growers, no uniformity 

 being observed in the kind of bag or quantity. The com- 

 missarios again disposes of it to the Ensaccadcres, who 

 are the actual buyers at first hands, and who store it in 

 large warehouses, where it is graded and bagged, and 

 stored until required for shipment to the foreign markets. 

 The sacks of coffee being piled on either side, each being 

 numbered and further distinguished by some special 

 mark or brand. At the present time many commissarios 

 have the coffee weighed as they sell it, but sales between 

 the commissarios and ensaccadcres are never con- 

 cluded in Rio without the assistance of a Corretor or 

 broker, while in Santos, where the exporter buys his 

 coffee direct from the commissario, it is sold mostly 



