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usitatissimum L.), taramira or duan (Eruca sativa L.), til 

 (Sesa?num indicum L.) niger, (Guizotia abyssinica Cass.), 

 jute {Cor chorus capsularis L. & C. olitorius L.) and roselle 

 [Hibiscus Sabdariffa L.). 



In the case of the leguminous crops studied — san hemp, 

 pigeon pea, Java and Sumatrana indigo — it was found 

 that methods of pure line selection based on the isolation 

 of single plants are not likely to lead to any improvement. 

 In these plants, methods of mass selection, in which cross- 

 ing is permitted within certain limits, are likely to be con- 

 siderably more successful. 



In Indian linseed, natural crossing was found to be 

 greater than was expected from a study of previous obser- 

 vations and of the mechanism of the flower. In critical 

 work on this crop, it will be necessary to raise all seed 

 under net. 



IX. Programme and publications. 



Programme, 1919-20. Investigations will be continued 

 on the following crops on the lines indicated in the annual 

 reports and in the publications of the Section — wheat, 

 tobacco, fibre plants, indigo, gram, oil seeds, fodder crops 

 and fruit. 



Publications. Thirteen papers were written during 

 the year of which the following have already appeared : — 



1. Improvements in the Packing and Transport of Fruit in 



India. Bulletin 2, Fruit Experiment Station, Quetta. 

 Third Edition, 1919. 



2. The saving of irrigation water in wheat growing. Bulletin 



4, Fruit Experiment Station, Quetta. Second Edition, 

 1919. 



3. Report for 1917-18 on Economic Botany for the Board of 



Scientific Advice. 



4. Drainage and crop production in India. Agricultural 



Journal of India, Special Indian Science Congress 

 Number, 1919, p. 377. 



5. The agricultural development of Baluchistan. Bulletin 11^. 



Fruit Experiment Station, Quetta, 1919. 



