186 



ESTDEX 



washed cocoa, 155 ; claying and 

 polishing, 156 ; yield per tree, 

 162 ; cost of production, 164 ; 

 average weight and chemical 

 examination of cured cocoa 

 beans, 167, 168; analysis of 

 raw cocoa nibs, 169 ; proportion 

 of shells and mean weight of 

 cocoa beans, 170 ; analysis of 

 kernels of cured cocoa, 171 

 Twig girdlers, insect pests, de- 

 scription of, 86 



United States of America, con- 

 sumption of cocoa in, 3 



Vegetable parasites, 93 et seq. 

 Venezuela, production of cocoa in, 



2, 3 ; climate, 13 ; insect pests, 



84 ; claying and polishing cocoa, 



156 

 Verteuil, De, Trinidad, 95 

 Vigna catiang. See Cow-pea 

 " Vine Mildew, '' Plasmopara viti- 



cola, 95 



Washing cocoa, advantages and 

 disadvantages of, 154, 173 



Watt, Dictionary of the Economic 

 Products of India, 134 



Weeds, manurial value of, 46-48 



West Indies, History of, by 

 Antonio de Herrera, 1 ; canker 

 on cocoa trees, 98 ; yield per 

 tree, 162 



Whale-oil soap solution, used as 

 an insecticide, 91 



"Wheat-rust," 95 



Wind-belts, trees suitable for, 23 



Wind-breaks, trees suitable for, 

 22 



" Witch-broom," Colletrotrichum 

 Ivaifemmn disease, 102 et seq. ; 

 preventive measures for, 105 ; 

 in Surinam, 161 



Wright on chemical ingredients 

 of cocoa trees, 17 ; on legumi- 

 nous plants grown for green- 

 manuring, 63 ; on excising 

 cankered tissues, 97 ; weights 

 of integuments and kernels of 

 cured cocoa beans, 128 



Yeasts and bacteria, used for fer- 

 mentation, 124, 125 

 Yield of cocoa, 161 et seq. 



frlnfci by aatell, Walton Jt Vinty, lA., London and AyUtivry 



