X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. ^^'^^ 



31. "Pod Canker." Two Asci, each containing Eight Spores 103 



32. " Borer Beetle/' natural size 1'^ 



33. Larva or Grub of the " Borer Beetle " ^ 1^ 



34. Thrip 117 

 35-38. Examples of Cacao Pickers ^'^"^ 122 

 39. Picking Cacao with a Pole « 1^* 

 40a. The" Agostini" Cacao Picker „ 1^6 

 406. An Ordinary Cacao Picker » 1^" 



41. The Cushions of a Trinidad Cacao Tree » 1^^ 



42. Nicaragua CrioUo and Ordinary Estates Cacao » 1^8 



43. Breaking Pods and Extracting the Beans „ l'*^ 



44. A Group of Pickers, Carriers, and Breakers « 148 



45. Cacao Pods in Various Stages of Growth and Ripeness „ 152 



46. Curing Cacao in Grenada w 158 



47. John Gordon and Co.'s Rotary Cacao-Drying Apparatus l63 



48. The Hamel-Smith Rotary Drier l64 



49. Section of the Hamel-Smith Rotary Drier l65 



50. Scott's Vacuum Drier /■«""» l66 



51. Hoadley's Kiln Drier „ l66 



52. A Sun-drying Cacao Floor „ 170 



53. "Dancing" Cacao in Trinidad „ 170 



54. Barnard's Patent Cacao Polisher „ 172 



55. The Malins-Smith Cacao Polishing Machine 175 



56. A Cacao Grading Machine 177 



57. Table of Exports of Trinidad Cacao, 1900- 1909 226 



58. Table of the Market Prices of Trinidad Cacao, 1899-1909 229 



59. Table of the World's Cacao Production 241 



60. Table of the World's Consumption of Cacao 244 



61. A Primitive Mill 251 



62. A Wardian Case 263 



63. A Wardian Case 265 



64. A Wardian Case 265 



