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bulletin on the milling and baking tests, two publications 

 on this crop have been completed during the year. A 

 memoir on The Varietal Characters of Indian Wheats has 

 been published. Three papers on wheat dealing with the 

 results obtained in the harvest of 1909 are in preparation. 



4. Fruit. — The fruit experiments at Pusa have already 

 yielded results of considerable practical importance, but 

 it was impossible to find time to write during the last year 

 a second report giving an account of these results. It 

 is hoped, however, to take up this work shortly. Good 

 crops of oranges, limes, custard apples, peaches, plums, 

 guavas, and loquats were grown, and the litchis and man- 

 goes are coming into bearing. Preliminary experiments 

 on sun-drying, evaporating and refrigerating, were carried 

 out, and a method was devised and successfully tested for 

 sending peaches long distances by rail in India. 



5. Fibres. — Selection experiments in the case of flax 

 fatwa {Hibiscus cannabinus) and sunn-hemp {Crotalaria 

 juncea) have been continued, and some promising races 

 isolated. Three varieties of sisal-hemp {Agave rigida 

 sisalana) have been established on a large scale. 



6. Oil Seeds. — During the year a considerable amount 

 of preliminary work was accomplished on the cultivated 

 oil seeds of the genus brassica, and the study of the oil 

 seeds of India will be considerably developed during 

 future years. 



7. Minor Investigations. — The study "of the cassava 

 varieties has been completed, and Mr. Hector is engaged 

 in the preparation of a final report on this subject. He 

 has completed the botanical examination of the Pusa pas- 

 ture experiments, and the final report has been submitted. 

 The work on ganja, barley and opium has been continued. 



8. Tobacco. — A good deal of attention has been paid 

 during the year to tobacco. The races of both Nicotiana 

 rustica and Nicotiana tabacum which have been iso- 

 lated at Pusa, have been studied. A memoir summing up 



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