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The Supplement to the Tropical Agriculturist 



It is Wrong 



To plant the new MANIHOT varieties Dichotoma and Piauiensis Ule on 

 humid soil. They want rather dry ground to develop into full strength. 

 Another point to be taken into serious consideration is that both varieties 

 can also be cultivated on land not fit for other kinds of Rubber Trees or 

 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Cotton, &c. 



An early and large output of rubber of these new varieties is their most 

 important quality, and we strongly recommend a trial sowing; we supply 

 10 lbs. (about 3,700 seeds) by parcel post (post free) to all countries on 

 receipt of £3. Bags containing 135 lbs. at the rate of 3/6 per lb. delivered 

 in Hamburg. Please state fuU postal address when ordering. 



The Seeds are Reliable, 



They are harvested from indigenous trees each season and have always given 

 the fullest satisfaction to our clients. 



Detailed information tor the cultivation of both sorts Dicho- 

 toma for clay soil ; Piauiensis for sandy soil— on application, 



Gevekoht & Wedekind 



Hamburg 1. 



Telegraphic-Address : " Gevekind Hamburg." 

 , : A. B. C. Code 5th Edition. :: 



tea is that made from the bud at the end, the 

 next quality comes from the leaf nearest the 

 end, and so on, the coarsest being that from 

 the leaves gathered furthest from the tip. All 

 the leaves undergo precisely the same treat- 

 ment, they are then graded according to size of 

 leaf, which coincides, of course, with its former 

 position on the growing plant ; and, speaking 

 of varieties, reminds me of some other popular 

 misconceptions. For instance, many people 

 suppose that the small round berry coffee (pea- 

 berry) comes from a plant that differs from that 

 producing the ordinary berry, whereas it 

 is merely a varying method of seed growth 

 of the same plant. But the most curious error 

 I have ever met was that made by a man who 

 certainly should have known that mace is a 

 growth round the nutmeg. This man urgently 

 requested me to plant more mace and less 

 nutmeg " 



" Have you found that methods of preparing 

 have varied greatly as time has gone on?" 



" No ; except, of course, that the advent of 

 machinery has greatly simplified the work of the 

 factory, and much that was once done by hand ia 

 now done more quickly and more efficiently by 

 machinery. 1 ' 



'• What are the principal markets for Indian 

 and Ceylon tea ?" 



" Great Britain takes the bulk. Australia is 

 a large consumer. Practically the trade is Im- 

 perial." 



" Russia does not take much ?" 



" Little, if any. Russia takes the bulk of the 

 best China tea." LR u8S i a l &8 t year took nearly 

 20,000,000 lbs. from Ceylon.— A. M. & J. F.l 



" Prices have varied greatly during your ex- 

 perience of the industry P" 



" Y es, the average price was once two shillings 

 and, gradually, dropped to sixpence ; the price 

 has now risen again to ninepence, and, until fur- 

 ther areas are planted up, is likely to go higher " 



"The coffee planting is becoming successful 

 again ?" 



" Yes. The new robusta, though of a coarser 

 flavour than the Arabian, is so prolific, giving 14 

 cwt. against 8 cwt, of Arabian, that it is natural- 

 ly popular. But the older variety is also doing 

 well in the East. In a rubber plantaion in 

 which I am interested we shall plant coffee as a 

 catch crop." 



" You did not have much to do with rubber 

 planting ?" 



" No. I left the East before the value of 

 rubber was fully recognised. But I was un- 

 wittingly one of the earliest rubber planters, 

 and ray trees, which were planted for shade, 

 are now giving excellent yields of rubber." 



In conclusion, Mr. Clark expressed his entire 

 confidence in the future of the great Mid-East 

 rubber and tea industry, in which he expects to 

 see big developments in the near future. He 

 has also faith in the future of Mid-East coffee, 

 and as "experientia does it," even in the regions 

 of prophecy, his opinions naturally carry great 

 weight.— Rubber World, Oct. 5. 



