Harvest – A ripe achievement.

 
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The fertilised flowers of a cocoa tree produce mature cocoa fruit in 4 to 6 months – depending on conditions, temperature, and the variety of cocoa. They are 300 to 500g heavy and 15 to 25cm long. To harvest them, farmers carefully use machetes to cut them from the trees. The fruits are then taken to a collection station on the plantation. There, they are opened and the cocoa beans, which are embedded in white fruit flesh, are removed from their shells.