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Table V. 



Variety. 



Number of 

 fruits. 



— _ : : 



Range in number 

 of seeds per 



II Ult. 



Average number 

 of seeds per 

 fruit. 



Amelonado 



100 



16 to 52 



40-87 



Caracas 



100 



16 to 42 



31-45 



Nicaraguan 



175 



24 to 3(5 



28 



Cundeamor 



100 



21 to 50 



36-26 



If the figures on tables I, III, and V. be compared, it will be noticed 

 that the Nicaraguan and Caracas types have the heaviest seeds and lightest integu- 

 ments respectively, but produce a lower average number of seeds, per fruit, than the 

 Amelonado or Forastero-Cundeamor types. The Amelonado fruits contain the 

 maximum number of seeds, but the latter are very light in weight and. have 

 comparatively heavy integuments. These results prove that in weight of 

 cured cacao from 100 fruits, integuments and kernels together, the Amelonado often 

 comes first. 



Table VI. 



Variety. 



Average number 

 of seeds per 100 

 fruits. 



Average weight of one 

 cured bean. 



Average total weight of 

 cured cacao from 

 100 fruits. 



Nicaraguan 



2,800 



1;55 grs. 



4,340-00 grs. 



Caracas 



3,145 



1'27 „ 



3,994-15 ' „ 



Cundeamor 



3,626 



T13 „ 



4,097-38 „ 



Amelonado 



4,087 



1-05 ,. 



4,291-35 „ 



To complete the comparison it would be necessary to give figures illustrative 

 of the average number of fruits annually produced on trees of the four varieties, of 

 known age, and when cultivated under identical conditions. Unfortunately no 

 such figures, of a reliable nature, are at present available, and we are compelled to 

 consider only general observations on this subject. Observed trees of the Nicaraguan 

 variety, planted iu 1895, g ive averages of 25, 50, and 70 fruits each in the years 1903-04 ; 

 Cundeamor trees have given from 50 to nearly 200 fruits during the same period ; 

 Amelonado 30 to 90 ; and some trees of Caracas 30 to 50 during one year. Such 

 figures, however, are of very little value, and our purpose can best be served by 

 determining how many cacao fruits must be produced, per tree, to give the same 

 weight of cacao obtainable from 100 fruits of— say, the Cundeamor type. 



Table VII. 



Var ety. 



Average total weight of 

 cured cacao, from 

 100 fruits. 



Number of fruits required to produce 

 cacao of weight equal to that from 

 100 Cundeamor fruits. 



Amelonado ... 





4,291-35 grs. 



95 



Cundeamor ... 





4,097-38 „ 



100 



Caracas 





3,994 15 „ 



102 



Nicaraguan ,.. 





4,340 '00 „ 



94 



It tony be stated that, as far as the number of fruits per tree, per year, from 

 each of the above varieties is concerned, the Cundeamor and Amelonado come first, 

 and Caracas and Nicaraguan second ; this is only an approximation and does 

 not mean that the order of productiveness of Caracas or Nicaragtian cannot be 



