Letter of transmittal 4 Introduction 5 Climate 6 The plantation site 7 The soil 7 Preparation of the soil 8 Drainage 8 Forming the plantation 9 Selection of varieties 10 Planting 11 Cultivation 13 Pruning 13 Harvest 16 Enemies and diseases 18 Manuring 19 Supplemental notes 21 New varieties 21 Residence 21 Cost of a cacao plantation 22 Sir: I submit herewith an essay on the cultivation of cacao, for the use of planters in the Philippines. This essay is prompted first, because much of the cacao grown here is of such excellent quality as to induce keen rivalry among buyers to procure it at an advance of quite 50 per cent over the common export grades of the Java bean, notwithstanding the failu…
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