The Weight of the Cured Cacao Bean
Planters and others may be interested to know the comparative sizes of the beans from the various producing areas of the world. Some idea of these can be gained by considering the relative weights of the beans as purchased in England.
| Kind. | Average weight of one Bean. | Number of Beans to the lb. |
| Grenada | 1.0 grammes | 450 |
| Parâ | 1.0 ″ | 450 |
| Bahia | 1.1 ″ | 410 |
| Accra | 1.2 ″ | 380 |
| Trinidad | 1.2 ″ | 380 |
| Cameroons | 1.2 ″ | 380 |
| Ceylon | 1.2 ″ | 380 |
| Caracas | 1.3 ″ | 350 |
| Machala | 1.4 ″ | 330 |
| Arriba | 1.5 ″ | 300 |
| Carupano | 1.6 ″ | 280 |