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THE CHOCOLATE-PLANT
(THEOBROMA CACAO)
AND
ITS PRODUCTS.
[Illustration: THE FRUITING-STEM OF A CHOCOLATE-PLANT, THE FLOWERS,
YOUNG FRUIT, AND RIPENED POD ALL SPRINGING FROM THE OLDER WOOD.]
DORCHESTER, MASS.:
WALTER BAKER AND COMPANY.
1891.
_Copyright, 1890_,
BY WALTER BAKER AND COMPANY.
University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.