Cocoa And Chocolate
The Tree, The Bean The Beverage

PREFACE While there are several masterly treatises, mainly scientific, on the various natural divisions of the cocoa and chocolate industry, there is no low-priced primer dealing with the whole subjcct. I have aimed at produdng such an introductory handbook and have attempted to present in readable form the mass of historie, scientific and economic facts necessary for a general appreciation of the industry as it exists to-day. While the general reader may skip the chapter dealing with the cost of production as being too anth-metical, those who are in any way connected with cacao planting will find it the most provocative chapter in the book. I owe the data for this chapter to two experienced planters, Mr. E. W. Keith, of Ceylon and Mr. Stanhope Lovell of Trinidad. The frontispiece I owe to the kindness of Mr. S. H. Davies—it is from a photo by Adhar, of San Femando, Trinidad. I wish to thank Messrs. Fry & Sons, Ltd. ; Messrs. Rowntree & Co., Ltd. ; and Messrs. Cadbury Bros., Ltd., for allowing me to reproduce photos show-ing machinery in their factories. To the last named I am also indebted for a number of photos showing cacao cultivation. I acknowledge with pleasure the lu lp received from several of my colleagues, in particular Mr. W. Pickard, Mr. E. J. Organ, and Mr. A. B. Hall. I thank Mr. W. E. Cossons for reading the proofs. A. W. KNAPP. Birmingham, 1923. ix