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ates: | | : 3 eae aS. INE DUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. «ae .” -¢ ; oa AS 67 . ne Soa. year, but it is wiser to rut all the blossoms off, as it is very apt to weaken a tree to bear a crop at so early an age. P One of the greatest things of importance is that a tree ‘should not be overburdened with growing wood. It “may be interesting to note right here that coffee only ‘grows on wood of the second year’s growth, and does not grow on the same wood again. ‘The third year the trees require topping. As to this matter there is also a diver- ‘sity of opinions. Some say four and a half feet, and others six or seven feet. But if topped as low as one and a half feet or not topped at all the coffee tree will not bear iruit. If topped at four and a half feet it is more con- venient to pick the crop. In curing the crop, machinery must be employed, in order that the coffee may be put in a proper shape on the market. The machinery required is not very expensive, and consists of a set of pulpers, peelers and separators. These can all be bought from agents in Honolulu, who handle the best of foreign man- ufactures. With these machines a crop can be pulped, _washed, cured to perfection and sorted into several grades of coffee. Coffee that is washed and pulped commands a higher price in the London markets than that which is dry hulled. : _ Below is given an estimate of establishing and main- taining a coffee plantation of seventy-five acres, from the first to the seventh year. 2 FIRST YEAR. Purchase of 100 acres of government land at _——_— . etn » . OURS A SCS aa | comicbooks-co