" -— worth more by 24s. 6d. per ewt. than t 
« The differenee between the inferior sem is greater s err 
lus view of these faets the planters in Trinidad and elsewhere are keen 
discussing the merits of Ceylon Cacao, and seeking for the causes which 
prodi 
The eniti forms of Theobroma Cacao are broadly divided into 
two sorts, known in Rond b speaking countries of America as Cacao 
Criollo an nd Cacao Forastero “At one “time Cacao dip" was largely, if. 
a * blast") which visited the plantations some during the last. 
Mort this sort was discarded in favour of a more robust and hardy - 
sort, to which the name of Forastero (or foreign) Cacao was given. The . 
Criollo Cacao is said to yield the Caracas Cacao of Venezuela, but itis 
now comparatively rare in Trinidad and Grenada, and only sparsely found 
in the other West India Islands. The Cacao first introduced into 
has already been dealt with by Dr. ; 
Botanical Gardens, Ceylon, in his Annual Report for the year 1885 : yu 
“There has been some demand during the year for seed of the 
Trinidad Yonge at Peradeniya, and the belief is general that these 
large growing kinds are hardier than the old Ceylon sort. Since the 
* pale-fruited’ kinds (see Report ! 
Ceylon, as well as all the strains e these new Trini are to 
be referred to the ‘Forastero’ class of Cacao. All of them, whatever 
the colour of the pods—purple, Sack id. pink, Be or pale-green— 
have seeds (‘beans’), which ar S flattish in form, and purple or violet 
internally, and become very dark dir curing. Our old 
the contrary, has the pod. ku. always red (occasionally | bright yellow), 
and the seeds are more rounded in shape, and always white or yellowish 
on donee when fresh, becoming red after preparation for the market. 
to the proper name of this latter sort, I may quote a portion of a 
bear which I addressed to the Observer newspaper, in November lest. 
upon the subje 
ET The fretting of of the selected and named varieties sent from Trinidad | a 
in 1880 and 1881 has since shown that all these nam EEE- Pur 
* In 1885 the actual: production. was 122,885 c ewts. 
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