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INDEX 



Fermentation, 122 et seq. ; effects 

 of, 122 ; yeasts and bacteria, 

 124; germination, 125; object 

 of, 128 ; fermenting-chambers, 

 129-131, 151 ; methods of, 132 

 et seq. ; chemical examination 

 of samples, 139 ; commercial 

 valuation of samples, 140 et 

 seq. ; affected by climate, 149 



Fernando Po, production of cocoa 

 in, 3 



Ficus elastica, the Rambong 

 rubber tree, 23 



Ficua Vogelii, the West African 

 Memleku rubber tree, 23 



Finland, consumption of cocoa in, 

 3 



Forastero. See Theobroma 



France, introduction of cocoa 

 into, 2 ; production of cocoa in 

 French colonies, 3 ; consump- 

 tion of cocoa in, 3 



Fruit, age for bearing, 1 14 ; 

 chai-acters when ripe, 115 ; 

 collection of, 115; importance 

 of care in harvesting, 117 ; bean 

 extraction, 118 



Fungicides, description of, 113 



Fungus diseases of cocoa, 93 et 

 seq. ; losses sustained through, 

 94 ; reproductive organs, 95 



Fusarium Theobromw, a fungus, 

 124 



Germany, introduction of cocoa 

 into, 2 ; production of cocoa in 

 German colonies, 3 ; consump- 

 tion of cocoa in, 3 



Gliricidia maculata, a shade tree, 

 30, 31 



Gold Coast, the experiments with 

 the cow-pea as a green cover 

 crop, 62, 63 ; fermenting ex- 

 periments, 135 et seq., 147 ; 

 valuations of cocoa, 142 et seq. ; 

 washing cocoa, 153 ; yields of 

 cocoa, 163 et seq. ; the ripe- 

 ness of cocoa, 174 



Grading cocoa, 158 



Grafting cocoa, 41 



Grenada, production of cocoa in, 

 3; useof shade trees, 29; results 

 of manurial experiments, 68 ; 

 methods of trapping insects, 85 ; 

 cankered trees, 108 ; the fruit- 

 ing age of cocoa tiees, 114; 

 average jield of cocoa trees, 163; 

 weight and chemical examina- 

 tion of cured cocoa beans, 167 ; 



168; proportion of the shells 

 and mean weight of the cocoa 

 beans, 170 



Guam, method of fermentation 

 in, 134 



Guatemala, method of fermenta- 

 tion in, 132 ; washing cocoa 

 in, 153 



Guava, Psidium Guava, used as a 

 wind-belt, 23 



Guayaquil, climate in, 11 ; pro- 

 portion of the shells and mean 

 weight of cocoa beans, 170 ; 

 analysis of kernels of cured 

 cocoa, 171 



Guayara, clinaate in, 13 



Hall, Dr. Van, on cocoa industry 

 in Trinidad, 29 



Harrison, Prof., on the chemistry 

 of the cocoa tree, 15, 1 6, 55 ; on 

 cocoa fermentation, 124 



Hart,J.H., on cocoa diseases, 112 ; 

 on polishing cocoa, 156; on cost 

 of clearing land, 164 



Hayti, production of cocoa in, 3 ; 

 proportion of the shells and 

 mean weight of cocoa beans 

 in, 170 



Held, Van der, on cocoa fermenta- 

 tion, 135 



Helopeltis Antonii. See Mosquito 

 Blight 



Hemileia vasiatrix, coffee-leaf dis- 

 ease, 95 



Hevea brasUiensis, the Para rubber 

 tree, 23 ; as a shade tree, 33 ; 

 " die-back " disease, 101 



Holing for cocoa trees, 28 



Howard, A., on the life history of 

 the pai-asite Thyridariatarda, 101 



Hughes' packai-d manure, 68 



Imperial Institute, reports on Gold 

 Coast Cocoa, 138 et seq. 



India, methods of fermentation 

 in, 133, 134; Dictionary of the 

 Economic Products of India, by 

 Watt, 134 



Insect pests, 82 et seq. ; methods 

 of trapping, 85 



Insecticides, 90 et seq. 



Intercrops for cocoa, 32 et seq. 



Italy, consumption of cocoa in, 3 



Jak fruit tree, the, Artocarjms 

 integrifolia, used as a wind-belt, 

 "3 ; as a shade tree, 32 ; sap 

 used to catch insects, 83 



