The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-11-13
product; and in letter to the Ceylo'a
Observer, he writes as follows -

| looked after, would yleIQ as mucn
Coffee, as one with 200 or 300 acres of
Cofea arabica or Ceylon. Coffee Der
ries are like plums, as big. The I'M
pruned coffee has no leaf disease"
Merely being prolific however,
would not establish the reputation
for this Coffee in the markets of the
world which it will surely command:
this will be due in great measure
to its flavor, and for some years to
come it may be expected to realize,
weight for weight, twice the price of
the best qualities of Coffee arabica.
Papers relating to the cultivation
of Llberian Coffee, have lately been
laid. on the table of the Legislative
Council Of Ceylon, and they contain
the following particulars, made up
from information gathered in Liberia:
"The Liberian Coffee grows equity
we'll in the immediate neighborhood
of the sea, and at considerable dis
lance from it," ''''@ Fc -7s .,a,, ~. :
so that whole tracts of land will, in
various countries now become valua-
| BILE for coffee growing which have
hitherto been unsuitable for that pur-
pose, sa Coffea arabica" could not
be cultivatd to produce paying crop
except at a certain elevation. a,-t'.
The paper referred to remarks.
The first crop is generally only a
few berries, but the tree goes on in
creasing until it. becomes capable of
yielding 20.pounds. We have heard
of trees giving "a pounds each; these
are very old trees. More generally
depends upon cultivation than upon
age. The tree grows to height of
twenty feet or more; we have seen
one, more than thirty feet in height;
this was in the woods near an old
plantation. Some cultivators top
their trees, others let them grow up
ad I6itatna. Our trees are topped at
height Olive feet. Trees that are
topped are more conveniently picked,
and other things being equal, give a
larger crop; when the trees grow up
tall, moreover they are frequently in
jured by climbing with ladders, and
the tree ripens It's crop and blossoms
for the next year, at the same time,
much of the blossom and young fruit
is rubbed off the tree; whereas, the
low trees are picked by standing, on
the ground. With us the coffee
plant is not shrub, it is forest tree.
There are trees here forty years
|sold, fiohrishing in all the vigor and
verdure of youth, and bending down
under the weight of berries. We
have seen a few of these old trees,
when cut down, shoot up more rapid
ly and more vigorously, than when
first planted from the seed.''' -
Several merchants and others inter-
ested inothe advancement of the Gull
ture Of Coffee, as soon as they heard
Of this new variety sought to obtain
supplies direct from Liberia, but after
falling to do 50, they applied to Mr..
w. Bull to send them established
plants in his Patent Cases, which safe
" reached the plantations. Advices
have already been received that its
culture is creating great interest, even
beyond our own Colonies, and plant
ers see every reason to expect it to
return them rich harvest and to
prove rich financial success.
Having seen this Cofea growing
as young plants in Mr.. Bulls estab
lishment, also fruiting freely along
side the ordinary Coffea in Ceylon,
it's superiority in robustness of growth
larger yield. lin berries which are
double the size of the ordinary kind,
besides its adaptability for growing
on fiat lands, leads me to suppose it
would be likely to succeed inSouth
Florida where where the cocoa
nut grows or where Bananas areneyer
cut down by winters cold. Plants
may be purchased in Englahd~at 81