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of some of the fruits of Sindli is far more favour- 

 able than my own ; for example, though the 

 date is grown in vast quantities in Sindh, it is 

 of a very inferior kind as compared with the 

 dates of Bussorah and Arabia. The ajDple too 

 of Sindh is a very inferior fruit. The pome- 

 granate is not to be compared wdth that of Egypt. 

 The mango is abundant enough, it is true, but 

 the very best from Meer Ali Moorad's gardens 

 are far inferior to the mangoes of Bombay, as 

 grafting is unknown to the native gardeners of 

 Sindh. 



His Highness Meer Ali Moorad brought 

 round many varieties of fruit trees from Bom- 

 bay, which were planted in his very fine gar- 

 den at Dejee ; but the gardener whom he pro- 

 cured from the Horticultural Society, and who 

 cost him a good deal of money in coming to 

 Khyrpoor, could not be prevailed on to remain, 

 and after he departed the imported trees very 

 soon perished. 



Dr Stock considered that the following arti- 

 cles, and other vegetable productions, might be 

 advantageously cultivated in Sindh, from simi- 

 larity of climate and soil : — 

 Aloes. This plant grows wild in 



