Cocoa Hybrid: VTLCH 3

 Salient features

• VTLCH-3 is a hybrid II-67 × NC 29/66.
• This is early, heavy bearer and drought tolerant.
• Pods yellow, yield 45 pods/tree, bean dry weight – 1.07 g/bean.
• Fat content in bean: 50%, shelling: 13%.

Performance
• The dry bean yield/tree per year is 1.45 kg which is estimated to be 993 kg/ha.
• The hybrid is early, heavy bearer and drought tolerant.