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crop. In Pahang it is caltivated fairly extensively as a catch-crop 

 amongst young rubber but I am extremely doubtful if this is to be 

 recommended. Tapioca is propagated from stem cuttings, 6 inches 

 long, the cuttings being half buried in the soil in a sloping direction 

 at 4 feet distances. The crop takes about one year to reach maturity. 



Sugar-Cane. 

 I merely wish to refer to this as a food substance which was 

 extensively grown in Pix)vince Wellesley at one time and to a smaller 

 extent in other parts of the country. The growing of sugar-cane as 

 a plantation crop here is now non-existent but it is cultivated to 

 a minor extent, especially by market gardeners. 



Sago Palm. 

 This palm is a native of Malaya and yields the sago of commerce. 

 It is found chiefly in swampy flat situations and is particularly 

 common in some parts of Pei-ak and Xegri Sembilan. There are 

 fairly extensive areas where this palm would flourish and which 

 perhaps, with the exception of padi, are unsuited for other tropical 

 products. 



Fruits. 



Before closing this address I would like to refer briefl}'' to the 

 question of fruit culture. This important bi-anch of agriculture is 

 largely ignored by the European planter. There are a considerable 

 number of fruits which flourisli here, but few private gardens 

 have anything like a representative collection. Suitable lands in the 

 neighbourhood of the larger towns might be profitably utilized for 

 the growing of fruit trees for I feel sure that a ready market would 

 be secured. 



The following fruits can be successfully grown in Malaya — 

 custard-apple, bullock's heart, soursop, cherimoyer, mangosteen, 

 roselle, durian, blimbing, carambola, pumelo, lime, citron orange, 

 langsat, duku, rambutan, pulassan, avocado pear, chiku, Passiflora 

 laurifolia and papaya. The following fruits show some promise — 

 Java almond, Cashew-nut, pomegranate and wood-apple. 



Vegetables. 

 The following vegetables are worthy of extended cultivation — 

 lettuce, endive, kohl-rabi, snake, bollh and wax gourds, cucumber, 

 tomatoes, spinach, cannot (short horn varieties) Coleus Uiberosiis, 

 brinjal, yam-beans and arrowroot. 



Discussion. 

 The Chairman (Mr. L. Lewton-Brain) offered a few remarks at 

 the close of the paper : After regretting the small attendance of 

 planters at a discussion of such importance, he pointed out that the 

 subject could be divided into two parts : fii'st the growing of 

 vegetables by individuals for themselves and second the general 

 food supply of the countiy. Far too few planters grew their own 



