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 die- 
back with Arabica but he was inclined to attribute that to the effects 
of leaf disease. 
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