Edible Products. 



482 



[Dec. 1906 





Total flowers 



Average No. of 



Average No. of 





for 42 trees. 



flowers per tree. 



flowers per tree. 





1904. 



1904. 



1903. 



January 



11,799 



280 



102 



February- 



12,953 



308 



109 



March 



29,250 



696 



608 



April 



57,287 



... 1,363 



443 



May- 



84,011 



... 2,000 



... 1,710 



June 



84,338 



... 2,008 



356 



July 



32,345 



770 



519 



August 



11,326 



269 



365 



September 



15,567 



370 



503 



October 



24,852 



591 



409 



November 



19,971 



475 





December 



17,791 



423 



275 



Total 



... 401,490 



... 9,553 



... 5,663 



The average number of flowers produced, per tree, for 1903, was 5,663, equal 

 to If million per acre at 300 trees to the acre. The average number of flowers, 

 per tree for 1904, was 9,553, equal to 2| million per acre, per year. In 1904 the trees 

 were much freer from disease. An interesting case was observed on tree numbered 

 4,031 on plot 3. This tree produced flowers every month iu the year, but on the 

 20th June, 1904, it possessed no less than 27,632 flowers, the counting of which 

 occupied the attention of two men li days. On the 20th July there were only 

 fifteen young fruits on the same tree, and throughout the year the tree did not 

 produce one hundred fruits. 



In order to show the variability, during 1904, the following figures are 

 quoted for six selected trees : — 



TABLE SHOWING THE FLOWER PERIODICITY OP SIX SELECTED 

 CACAO TREES FOR 1904. 



NUMBER OF FLOWERS PRODUCED EACH MONTH. 





Tree 



Tree 



Tree 



Tree 



Tree 



Tree 





No. 71. 



No. 5,786. 



No. 5,782. 



No. 5,768. 



No. 5,798. 



No. 5,434. 



January 



1,036 



674 



1,429 



296 



110 



34 



February 



1,074 



929 



1,505 



257 



1,191 



46 



March 



2,764 



1,547 



3,191 



820 



284 



160 



April 



5,032 



3,048 



5,076 



1,944 



600 



379 



May 



9,079 



3,256 



9,875 



2,744 



1,529 



509 



June 



9,508 



5,499 



7,793 



2,127 



1,241 



756 



July 



2,898 



1,743 



1,537 



963 



525 



522 



August 



1,376 



391 



1,189 



201 



130 



57 



September ... 



1,519 



666 



1,836 



187 



153 



149 



October 



2,232 



1,017 



2,953 



444 



234 



203 



November ... 



1,973 



674 



2,051 



376 



213 



54 



December ... 



1,335 



572 



1,333 



411 



204 



62 



Total ... 



39,826 



20,016 



39,768 



10,770 



6,414 



2,931 



Total for thel 















same trees > 



16,355 



9,204 



33,534 



4,651 



11,457 



1,316 



during 1903... j 











The data for the flower production during 1905, on the same trees is now 

 given for comparison with previous years. 



