OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE, 



3oN, accompany- 



" We have the pleasure to hand you, for trial at Chiswick 

 Gardens, seven packets of Imphee seeds. They are the varieties 

 cultivated on the east coast of Africa, and have the Kaffir names 

 attached. It is just a chance that some of them may prove hardy 

 enough to bear our winter, and, if so, nothing will equal them for 

 early spring food. At all events several of the varieties are 

 richer in sugar than the variety from China, and will be found 

 more worth cultivating for forage. It appears that the Chinese 

 Holcus mccharatus is not a native of that country, but was intro- 

 duced there by the Portuguese, and is a variety not much 

 esteemed in Africa. The Koom-ban-a and the Boo-ee-a-na are 

 especially rich in sugar, and if they succeed will be very valuable 

 introductions to the country." 



; TO LOCAL COMMITTEES. 



After the formation of a Committee in any locality its attention 



should be directed, first, to determining the boundaries and extent 



of the district to which its observations are to be confined ; and 



then to the following heads :— (A) The Local Varieties of Fruits; 



and (B) The Physical Conditions of the District. 



§ A. The Local Varieties of Fruits. 



1. Obtain a list of the different varieties of Fruits cultivated 



and those that require the protection of walls or other appliances 

 to bring them to maturity. 



2. Transmit specimens of the Fruits of the district to the 

 Secretary of the General Committee, accompanied with remarks 

 respecting them, as to their origin when such is possible, anti- 

 quity, uses, extent of cultivation, local merit and reputation, and 

 any other particulars that may be considered interesting. 



3. Ascertain the approximate extent of land occupied by 

 orchards, if any, and the varieties of fruits of which such orchards 



4. State the ^ 



