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INDEX 



nurseries, 37 ; sowing, 38 ; 



extraction, 118; fermentation 



of, 119; chemical composition 



of cured and roasted, 167, 176 

 Beckurts, on average weight of 



cocoa beans, 167 

 Beetle pests, 82 et seq., 159 

 Belgium, supply of cocoa from 



the Congo, 3 ; consumption of 



cocoa in, 3 

 Bernoulli, M., description of 



Theobroma pentagonum, 6 

 " Black blight," 88 

 Blank rot of fruits, Phytophthora 



omnivora, 108 

 Blood meal as a cocoa manure, 71 , 



72, 75 

 Bordeaux Mixture, a fungicide, 



100 ; cost of spraying with, 



102; preparation of, 113 

 Boring insects, 90 

 Bowrey, J., Government Analyst 



of Jamaica, on claying cocoa, 15(1 

 Brayning, on the proportion of 



shells and mean weight of 



beans of different cocoas, 170 

 Brazil, production of cocoa in, 2, 



3, 1 1 ; fungus parasite in, 107 

 Bread fruit, Artocarpus incitta, 



suitability for wind-belts, 23 

 Bread fruit, West African, Tre- 



culia afrieana, suitability for 



shading, 32 

 " Brown-pod " and " Die-back " 



Thyridaria tarda fungus disease, 



83,' 99 et seq. 



" Brown rot" disease, 107 

 Budding, advantages of, ,'{!) <>t seq. 

 Buettneriacea\ 5 



Cacao. See Cocoa and Theobroma 

 Caoaoyer, Le, by M. Jumelle, 15, 



169 



Calabacillo. See Theobroma 

 Calonectria ftavida, a fungus para- 

 site, 98, 99 

 Canada, consumption of cocoa in, 



3 



Canker Disease, 96 ; excision of, 

 97, 98 ; in the West Indies, 98, 

 99 



Capnodium sp., a fungus, 88 

 Capsicum annuum. See Chillies 

 Caracas variety of cocoa, average 

 weight of, 74, 128, 170; fer- 

 mentation of, 147 ; weight and 

 chemical composition of cured 

 cocoa, 167-169 ; analysis of the 

 kernels of, 171 



Carruthers, on Canker Disease, 96 



Carupano, weight of cocoa, 170 



Cassava or Manioc, Manihot 

 utilissima, 32, 33 



Castile, Bernando de, 1 



Castilloa, fungus disease on, 101 



Castor cake, used as a cocoa 

 ma.nure, 71 et seq. 



Catch crops, profit from, 32 et seq. 



Cedar, West Indian, useful as a 

 wind-belt, 23 



Celebes cocoa, market price of, 145 



CepJialeuros virescens, an epiphyte, 

 93 



Ceratitis punctata, an insect pest, 

 87 



Ceylon, production of cocoa in, 3, 

 14, 16, 162 ; analyses of cocoa 

 soils in, 19; constituents of 

 cocoa trees, 55 ; manuring ex- 

 periments in, 71 ; damage by 

 squirrels, 80 ; losses from the 

 coffee leaf disease, 94 ; canker 

 disease, 96 ; fungus diseases, 

 100 et seq. ; fermentation in, 

 124, 134 ; market prices of 

 cocoa, 145 ; washing of cocoa 

 beans, 153-155 



Chemical composition of cured 

 cocoa beans, 167 



Chevalier, A., description of Theo- 

 broma sphcerocarpa, 6 ; on ex- 

 penditure in West Africa, 165 



Chillies, Capsicum annuum, a catch 

 crop, 34 



ChloropJiora excelsa, the " oclnm " 

 timber tree, 32 



Chocolate, derivation of, 1 ; manu- 

 facture of, 173, 177 



Claying and polishing cocoa, 156 



Clearing land for cocoa cultiva- 

 tion, 23 



Coco (see Tania), 3 



Cocoa or Cacao, early use in 

 Mexico and introduction to 

 Europe, 1 ; growth of consump- 

 tion, 2 ; the world's production 

 and consumption, 3 ; origin of 

 commercial, 5 ; description of 

 the genus Theobroma, 5-8 ; the 

 production and dimensions of 

 flowers and fruits, 8, 9 ; char- 

 acters of different varieties of 

 cocoa, 10 ; climatic require- 

 ments, 11 et seq. ; soil require- 

 ments, 15 et seq. ; laying out a 

 plantation, 22 et seq. ; shading 

 and intercrops, 29 et seq. ; 

 propagation, 35 et seq. ; bud- 



