1892 
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Hacienda 
San Antonio 
(Colima) 
Mar, 28 
to 
Mar. 29 
surrounded by a hard ehitinous shall which in turn is covered by a 
thin layer of sweetish pulp. 
The two kernels come apart readily and, after a forth*r soaking 
to loosen the soft pulp, they are spread in the sun on large cement 
floors to dry. Then they go into a cylinder in which the translu¬ 
cent shelly cover is broken and freed from the kernel, Prom here 
the kernels pass Into a revolving cylindrical siring screen which 
separates the kernels into 4 sizes or classes. Each class is then 
placed on a series of tables and hand-picked by women and girls to 
remove black or otherwise imperfect grains. Then the coffee is run 
through a cylindrical revolving polisher which, by friction, gives 
the seed a smooth surface and removes the thin, rough scale that is 
found over about one-third of it at one end before this process. 
She coffee is then sacked, marked, and ready for market. 
Ifotes The small round berry which is separated from the others 
is called Caraoolillo. It is found scattered among tho other coffee 
and is sia^ly a union of the two ordinary berries into a single 
smaller berry which is said to be much stronger than the ordinary 
coffee and brings a better price. (It is supposed to contain the 
strength due to the two much larger ordinary berries). 
March 29. Today I rode over the coffee plantation with the 
Superintendent and was greatly pleased with the extreme natural 
beauty of the place. The Hacienda is situated on the south bank of 
the main branch of the Armaria River, about 8 miles -west from, the 
base of the volcano which rise® up in full view looking up the 
valley. Up and dom the stream on the south bank the country rises 
very sharply to a higher district of bench land 200 feet above. 
The intermediate area is a north slope, and is very heavily wooded 
with a variety of large and small trees, bushes, and other vogeta- 
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