robusta / arabica / liberica (coffee) (English: “coffee varieties”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Robusta in Alaslanden devastated by koffiebessen-boorder (coffee berry borer).
Translation
coffee varieties
Description
Robusta in Alaslanden devastated by koffiebessen-boorder (coffee berry borer). Arabica (‘Takengon-koffie’) grown in the Takengonsche above 1000 m; berry borer less severe at altitude. Total 2400 H.A. planted; 589,500 K.G. exported 1937.
Significance
The term robusta / arabica / liberica (coffee) is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
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Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 203, 204, 205.