Jan. 1, 1902.] 
THE TilOPICA-L AGRICULTURIST. 
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NEW 
COCONUT 
JOMPANY : KALKUDAH 
ESTATES, LTD. 
title ot a new Company, 
rticles of Association ot winch 
the 
This is the 
niemovandum and ar^...^^ -^^^^^^^^^^^ , 
are aiven in the """i j^i^jhis Company has been 
principal object foi 'Vu v. l.n,iah coconut estate 
for K1I3.000 a.^from l';J.„j;,X WiSif.l-i £ 
sianalones are a y - Trnnchell. 
TFanchell, OUver Collett^ E F ^Tiji^^heli, 
lai capital 
Tranchell, F J de Saram and George de Saran, 
who'uke one'shai^ each. The o^^^^^^ . 
of the Oonipany in R2^^^^^ ^l^alitication of a 
shares of KlUU eaLu. ,„J-„^ „r stock of the 
director is the bolder of share or stocK_^^^^ 
nominal amount ^X;srs E F Tranchell 
of the Company ^.^^ .f^'^^'-ni^r 
A O Tranchell, and Oliver CoUett. 
TEA 
TRUST, LIMITED 
COMPANY. 
A NEW 
by 
Walker and 
capital of 
carry on the 
nor 
the 
the 
Registered on November 16 
Bowe, 8. Bucklersbury, EC, with 
£20,000 in £1 shares Object to 
business of tea merchants brokers a P ^^^^^ 
^i^'^idt meXnt mrnutacTuring chemists 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA 
PLANTING NOTES. 
0« ^?^\ ticl°1ere^3a"coSiderabL 
Oofiee output, vvhicli were i diminishing in 
Vory toe .blosaom showers we had ^ 
exact ratio to the time tne ^^^^^^ 
that the blossom tiowever November sun. 
This IS «f°',^yr^rYear shade is not required but at 
large part f t^'' ^.f ^.n important. Where the 
thii critical time J'' ^ be scorched those 
young berries in ^b« ^^to hold out until the rain 
Ir, the great argument for shade in a 
comes and this IS the great g early rains 
country where '^i? hoped however, that before 
„e so uncertain. I. is ^e nope ^ 
many days are past 'po^e J^^^j^ certainly most 
young crop ^^youd danger blossom showerB 
Lcouraging that such splend^ abnormally hot 
should >^«.,*°i^°!^t to "lake some people despair of 
To our mind it simply emphasises the need 
gSade and-^rr^^^^^^ i. not a 
We say_ Pe'^.^aPl. ;„„ the sun 
not only useless but worse than useless — harmful. 
"With regard to Coffee, experience so far has resulted 
in a number of " Don't " maxims. Don't run on 
irrigation in the hot sun but only in the very early 
morning the evening or night- Don't flood your field 
or run it on wholesale. Don't try it on very steep 
land. The only successful method we know of is 
to run it slowly, very slowly in small quantities 
between the lines of coffee or into catch pits between 
every four trees and let it soak in. Never pat it round 
the tree or directly to the roots. It must soak in 
gradually through the earth and in doing so it gets 
heated to the required temperature. The best plan 
is to catch pits filled by small rills and after allowing 
the water to soak in turning it otf for a time. Pro- 
bably it would only require to be done once, but that 
once might save a crop. 
We have received from Mr. J. Dickie of Mr Shar- 
rer's Mpenda Estate and leaf off the West African 
tree and on comparing it with the places in the mo- 
nograph on Fantamia Elastica it appears to be 
identical. It is satisfactory to know therefore that 
we have specimens of this tree growing in 
the country and in a few years' time there 
oaght to be seed for distribution. Mr Sharrer 
certainly deserves credit for his persistent 
efforts to carry on the planting industry, and we hopa 
that success will attend his efiorts to introduce new 
plants. We hope also the Scientific Department will 
make further inquiries with reference to the possibility 
of getting seed of the Funtumia Elastica as it worth 
a considerable amount of trouble if only it can ba 
established. Failing seed then a few more Wardian 
cases of Plants should be imported and the different 
plants set out in different districts as it is just possible 
that the trees already introduced might not come to 
seed through accident or otherwise. The conditions of 
8uch districts as Mlanje, Blantyre and Zoraba vary so 
widely that it is well to test new products in each 
district. The rainfall of each district and the mean 
annual temperature vary considerably and a product 
might be a success in one and not in the other. These 
local variations are not sufficiently taken into ac- 
count. For example tobacco grows well at Mlanje 
nearly all the year round. On the other hand in the 
Blantyre and Zomba districts tobacco will not grow 
well from May to October and should be planted 
always in the rains if heavy crops are wanted. To- 
bacco seed should be sown now and planted out in 
December, January and February or March if rain! 
are favourable. — Central African Times, Nov 9. 
for all the ills under 
Like 
panacea lor o7eood. Some people ha\o 
PLANTING NOTES, 
Plantingin British Central Africa.— 
In this issue we give the latest planting infor- 
mation from British Central Africa which 
shows how the coimtry is going ahead with 
new products. In the latter we are glad to note 
Mr. Henry Brown's success, with fibres 
especially ; and cocoa, too, it will be seen, 
is making a good start. As into every other 
corner of the British Empire, the volun- 
teering' spirit has reached British Central 
Africa and a volunteer reserve had takea 
shape, before the King's first (regal) birth- 
day, at Blantyre. 
A Lakge Mango.— During the present season 
I was favoured by Adam Smith, Esq., with a 
fruit from a mango tree purchased as a seedling 
from the Botanic Gardens. The fruit measures 
7 -.5 inches in length, and 4'5 inches Avide. Its 
weight was over 2 lb. The flavour was excellent 
and proved it to be from the ' Gordon ' mango, 
a well-known type described in a former Bullctin» 
— Trinidad Bidletin for October, 
