[Pollinator] NAPPC Symposium Covered on the USDA Blog

Peter Loring Borst peterlborst at cornell.edu
Mon Nov 1 13:19:17 PDT 2010


RE: Chocolate

> After two or three years, a cacao tree produces rice-sized flower buds in clusters along its trunk and main branches. The unscented white to pink flowers are pollinated by a tiny, gnat-like midge. 

http://exhibits.mannlib.cornell.edu/chocolate/pollination.php









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