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.some assistance, in her etierts to bring the fruit 
to perfection. 
From the time of the blossom to the reaping 
oi the fruit, seven months may he allotted as 
the probationary term; but f have sec-n a crop 
gathered in from a six month*'' blossom, when 
the seasons have been favorable; and. in the 
upper mountain?, i have known fruit to be 
reaped in from an eight months’ blossom. 
The Coffee begins to ripen in warm districts 
in August—but in cold places in February, at 
which period the former crop is finished whilst 
in the latter it lasts to August. 
On the Manufacture of Coffee. 
The manufacture 'of this staple comoditv. wilh 
a view to its improvement in quality, is a sub¬ 
ject, which demands our serious attention and 
when we observe the vast importance and pecu¬ 
niary advantage which accrue upon the slightest 
shade of improvement either in colour or appear¬ 
ance, it becomes the more imperative on us *o 
use all those means which are available, in order 
to place ourselves on a footing with the foreign 
grower. It is true that we are unable to enter 
the contest with the East Indian or slave culti¬ 
vation, from the abundance and cheapness o 
labor, which is placed at their command: bn 
by means of our skill and assiduity, we can suc¬ 
cessfully compete with them by the manufacture 
of superior produce. 
To this portion of plantation management, 1. 
have given an attentive enquiry, and £?jaU shorth 
proceed to state my views on the system best 
adapted to the curing and preparing for marker, 
ot good quality produce 
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