Coffee; From Plantation to Cup: a Brief History of Coffee Production And ...
Coffee; From Plantation to Cup: a Brief History of Coffee Production And ...
Francis Beatty Thurber
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But what reasonably can be expected is, that the rav- ages of this pest can be reduced by man to such an extent as to enable him to cultivate coffee with profit. ^^ A careful investigation of the subject, taking into considera- tion what has been done in the case of other blights, has led me, and can, in my opinion, only lead to one conclusion, and that is : that, though an attack of coffee-leaf disease leaves behind its mark upon the tree, increasing in effect with every successive attack, and... though a peculiar condition of the sap seems to be necessary to its establishing a firm hold over the tree, it is essentially an external and easily accessible enemy, and can be successfully bat^ tied with. And to the question, why it has not been successfully battled with as yet, there can only be one answer, and that is : We have not tried enough." In June, 1880, a report was made to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Director of the Boyal Botanic Grardens, by Mr. H. Marshal Ward, the government cryptogamist, from which we ex- tract the conclusions which were the result of this gentleman's investigations : ^^ In conclusion, I feel justified in drawing these inferences from what has been seen so far.
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