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apron is nearly filled, the picker should empty it 
into his or her bag :—and a good picker ought in 
tlie,course of the day to produce at least one hun¬ 
dred weight of marketable Coffee. 
As the Triage, or rejected Coffee, is still valuable 
at an inferior price, it should, of course, be pre¬ 
served : That part of it which consists of broken 
grains is as good as the rest ; and by being used 
for the consumption of the Estate, may prevent 
your encroaching, on the Coffee destined for market. 
The Flotage , or Coffee which rises to the surface in 
washing, is likewise preserved by some thrifty 
Planters ; but 1 must confess (although I may per¬ 
haps be condemned for want of economy) I would 
not be at the trouble of preserving it. 
There is another species of quality of Coffee, 
which however we must not omit taking due note 
of, by the Planters called the green and ripe, or 
last picking: of this we must enter a little more 
amply into the history. 
Towards the latter end of the Crop, when the 
ripe berries become so thin and scarce, that the 
Neg roes cannot bring home a. quantity worth the 
time and labour expended, as well as for another 
reason, the relieving the trees, already sufficiently 
exhausted, from the burthen of its fruit, by clearing 
them ot all the remaining berries, in order to allow 
vegetation to take place preparatory to the ensuing 
crop 
