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The chocolate tree : a natural history of cacao / Allen M. Young.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Smithsonian Nature BooksPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1994.Description: xv, 200 p., [8]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1560983574 (alk. paper)
  • 9781560983576 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB268.C35 Y68 1994
Contents:
Out of the rain forest: the journey of chocolate begins -- Cultivation of cacao past and present -- Cacao and agriculture in Costa Rica -- Excursions into the natural history of cacao and cacao plantations -- Nature in the cacao: mysteries of pollination -- Back to the rain forest: a bridge between agriculture and conservation.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks SB268.C35Y68 1994 1 Available 33710001128748

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-191) and index.

Out of the rain forest: the journey of chocolate begins -- Cultivation of cacao past and present -- Cacao and agriculture in Costa Rica -- Excursions into the natural history of cacao and cacao plantations -- Nature in the cacao: mysteries of pollination -- Back to the rain forest: a bridge between agriculture and conservation.