. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Jamaica. Jamaica. Dept. of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Jamaica. 157 TABLE IV. Girard. Zipperer. Heiscl' Trinidad 982 1468 15 '50 Caracas 1585 15 00 13-80 Puerto-Cabello 13-21 12 28 Guayaquil 1032 â II 50 Surinam â 14'60 1550 Para 10-39 â 8 50 Bahia ââ â 9 60 Ariba â 18-68 , Haiti 8"93 â â Martinique 8-97 â. â Cuba â 12 00 Grenada â â 14-60 The Ceylon beans have been well washed and the integuments, having the minimum pulp and dirt, weigh less than other kinds ; the integuments of Ceylon beans constitute from 8 to ro per cent. of the total weigh
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Jamaica. Jamaica. Dept. of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Jamaica. 157 TABLE IV. Girard. Zipperer. Heiscl' Trinidad 982 1468 15 '50 Caracas 1585 15 00 13-80 Puerto-Cabello 13-21 12 28 Guayaquil 1032 â II 50 Surinam â 14'60 1550 Para 10-39 â 8 50 Bahia ââ â 9 60 Ariba â 18-68 , Haiti 8"93 â â Martinique 8-97 â. â Cuba â 12 00 Grenada â â 14-60 The Ceylon beans have been well washed and the integuments, having the minimum pulp and dirt, weigh less than other kinds ; the integuments of Ceylon beans constitute from 8 to ro per cent. of the total weight of the cured bean. It is obvious from the foregoing figures that in Ceylon there is a wide variation in the average weight of cured beans from fruits of different varieties, hence those with the minimum weight must either bear better cocoa, be more suitable for cultivation, or give larger crops of fruit; otherwise they should be eliminated in the selection of seed parents. It has also been shown that the different varieties have constant characters in the thickness or weight of the skin, cuticle, or integument surrrounding the seeds ; those rarieties having the larger proportion of integument are obviously inferior. NUMBER OF SEEDS IN FRUITS. It is now necessary for us to determine the average number of seeds per fruit and the average number of fruits borne by the different varieties. The number of seeds per fruit varies considerably, but the fol- lowing table indicates possible averages :â TABLE V. Variety. Amelonado Caracas Nicaraguan Cundeamor. Range in number of seeds per fruit. Average number of seeds per fruit. 16 to 52 16 to 42 24 to 36 21 to 50 40-87 31'45 28 36-26 If the figures on tables I, III, and V, be compared, it will be noticed that the Nicaraguan and Caracas types have the heaviest seeds and lightest integuments respectively, but produce a lower average number of seeds, per fruit, than the Amelonado or Foras- tero-Cundeamor types. The Amelonado
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