Author: HISTORICUS. [PSEUD. RICHARD CADBURY].
Title: Cocoa: All About It.
Description: London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited, 1896. Revised edition. Contents: I.History and Cultivation of the Cocoa Plant; II.History of the Use of Cocoa; III.Manufacture; IV.Value of Cocoa as Food, and its Adulteration; Vanilla Aromatics. Appendix: Preparing the Ground for Planting Vanilla; Shade; Planting; Training or Artificial Support; Watering; Manuring and Surface Dressing; Fertilization; Duration of the Period of Ripening; Harvesting the Pods; Drying and Preparing the Pods; Preparing the Pods for Market. 21.5cms x 16cms x 2cms. Pp.99/ 1 (reviews for the first edition), printed in blue, folding frontispiece, 3 coloured plates + 19 further full page illustrations and 13 vignette illustrations. Maroon cloth, gilt title and decorated banding to front and spine, edges rubbed and bumped to corners. VG.

Keywords: Historicus Richard Cadbury Cocoa History Cultivation Use Manufacture Value Food Adulteration Vanilla Aromatics Planting Harvesting Pods Illustrated 52590 Agriculture


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