PART 11.
The sheet has a further interest because it shows the weight in
grammes of a hundred beans of the respective types. The following
figures speak for themselves: —
WEIGHT IN GRAMMES OF 100 SEEDS.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Arabica Java Uganda Uganda Uganda Uganda
(normal) robusta robusta robusta robusta robusta
(graded) 9/15 9/19 9/8 9/6
19.1 19.60 20.35 20.92 20.18 19.30
7 8 9 10 11 12
Arabica  Bukoba Uganda Uganda ~~ Uganda Uganda
(normal) robusta robusta robusta robusta robusta
(ordinary) K.selection. Enoka II. Enoka III
19.1 11.20 15.76 20.00 15.25 15.00
Nore.—K—Kinawa selection. This and Enoka II. and IIL. are
pronounced varieties from native gardens.
These selections are the types of Coffee with which we are
endeavouring to build up the Robusta industry in Uganda. You will
have observed the extreme variations in the beans so that it is
important to get something uniform. That has been a difficulty
because supplies of good seed have been limited, and, owing to the
fact that fairly good prices have been got during the last couple of
years for quite ordinary coffee, planters have been inclined to plant
up any kind of robusta. That is a great mistake I am sure, for
robusta cultivation is bound to extend not only in these territories but
in others and outside the Empire, prices will become competitive, and
it is therefore important to grow only the very best.
The object of the Department of Agriculture was originally to
built up a native industry, but that was because European planters
would hardly touch Robusta. The Department has raised plants in
nurseries of its own and has already distributed free some hundreds of
thousands of plants. During the next planting season something like
500,000 plants will be distributed.
Now the European planters are realising the importance of
Robusta and we have not been able to meet the demand for plants
and seed for them. However, we have been able to help to build up
small areas from 10 to 50 acres as further seed supplies are obtained
and presently there will be ample available.
Mr. RITCHIE, asked how the characteristic of a long picking
period, which according to Mr. Maitland’s statement, made the crop
a suitable one for native cultivation, affected the incidence of the
bean borer, and Mr. Hargreaves stated that he considered that the fact
of having a long picking period was advantageous.
In reply to Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Maitland stated that there was no
die-back in Robusta after a heavy crop: there would probably be dieback
 with Arabica but he was inclined to attribute that to the effects
of leaf disease.

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