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scarcely satisfying the demand of the country." What this 

 variety may be, we have no means of correctly ascertaining, 

 but the description indicates that it is very near to, if not 

 synonymous with Forastero, and it is to be noted that such 

 a variety would clearly be " forastero " or foreign to the 

 Caracas people, and may have been introduced to the West 

 Indies and elsewhere vid Venezuela. 



The form known as Trinidad CrioUo by us, is exactly 

 represented by Dr. Preuss' figure of Cundeamor legitimo 

 (Plate 2), and that known as Forastero is exactly that of 

 Preuss' Carupano grande, and West Indian Calabacillo by 

 his figure of the same variety. Wright's figures of Foras- 

 tero are also in strict accord with the author's view of 

 Forastero, with the exception that in Trinidad it more often 

 takes on the bottle-necked form which characterises CrioUo. 

 It has, however, been frequently found that the interior 

 quality of a pod cannot be judged by its exterior 

 form and appearance, and hence the disappointing results 

 of propagation by seed. Although the outside of two pods 

 may be similar, yet it is possible for their contents to pre- 

 sent a great contrast in quality, and therefore no reliable 

 conclusions can be reached when judging cacao by the out- 

 side of the pods alone, and figures or outUnes are of little 

 use for the same purpose. A Calabacillo or Amelonado 

 shaped pod may, when opened, show that its contents are 

 in aflfinity with CrioUo varieties, and suggest the inter- 

 crossing of those kinds, and vice versd ; and pods of the 

 ideal shape of Trinidad or Nicaraguan CrioUo may afford 

 beans of a quality only to be compared with the com- 

 monest Calabacillo produce. It is seen, therefore, that the 

 reliance hitherto placed upon the selection of pods for seed 

 by outside characters is entirely unsupported and their use, 

 for planting will clearly tend to deterioration in quaUty ; 

 this shows the high importance of adopting the processes 

 of budding and grafting for the cacao field. 



Sir L. A. A. De Verteuil, K.C.M.G., tells us in his work 

 on Trinidad, 2nd ed., 1884, p. 241, that " from its first 

 settlement, Trinidad exported cacao ; and that cacao soon 



