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cloth below each tree, in which the rips fruit 
is col’ected by shaking it„ They do not pulp 
their Coffee, but having dried it on mats, they 
remove the hardepded envelope by the mill. 
According to Jamaica historians, the Coffee 
plant was introduced into this Island about the 
3 /ear 1 TJ 8 , and the first plantation was esta¬ 
blished on Temple Hall Estate, in St. Andrew’s,, 
There an many persons still alive here, who 
recollect When the whole Island did not pro* 
duce as nuch as one of the large Coffee pro¬ 
perties, in a favored district, during the time 
of slavery. 
On the irst establishment of Coffee planta- 
tiorts in the West Indies, the trees were al¬ 
lowed to gruv up in their primitive state; 
— that is to fay, the plant was put in, in the 
usual manner, aud kept clear of weeds; but 
no means wen taken to ascertain whether 
science could ie applied to its cultivation, 
so as to rendei the tree more fruitful and 
profitable. It was, therefore, permitted to 
grow to the heigit of ten feet and upwards, 
as far as the richness of the soil would ex¬ 
tend it. Fields art yet to be seen in many 
parte of St. Andrews and St. George’s where 
nature has taken W own cousre, and where 
the trees grow* in suckers to nearly twelve 
feet. These suckers, n good seasons, b^ar pro¬ 
digiously, and, after bey are relieved of their 
fruit, die away, and give place to a new vege¬ 
tation of the same description. Among the French 
refugees who carae ov>r froth Haiti to this 
Island, at the time of the revolution in that 
ill-fated country, this system of cultivation 
prevailed ; but fbtey wert induced te alter 
