Heliaiithus tuberosus: Tartoufa or Tiffah-el Ard ; 

 Jerusalem Artichoke; Compositae. 



II : By tubers, using whole or cut sets with about 3 eyes each ; 

 belter whole. Plant on ridges ; 3 feet apart, between their tops and 

 1 \/"2 between the sets. 



III : March. 



V : Six to seven months after planting. Tubers may keep long 

 after ripening in the soil if the latter is kept quite dry. Better store for 

 winter in dry sand. 



VII : Cooked in the same way as potatoes ; In respect of nutritive 

 value it is about equal tj Potato. The tuber contains about as much 

 dry matter as that of potato, but includes very little starch, that subs- 

 tance being replaced by iiiulin (a subst. closely related to starch). 

 Tubers used as a substitute for potatoes. 



Tubers are wholesome, have a sweetish mucilaginous taste and are 

 very palatable when young and properly prepared. Old tubers become 

 hollow inside, stringy, loosing much of their flavour. The young plant 

 mav be used as forage for stock. 



VIII : A quite hardy tuberous plant, exceedingly productive. (3 7 feet 

 high, greatly resembling to sunflower. D?ep friable loam plenty of 

 water no much care in after-cultivation and attention, as to manuring. 



Hibiscus cannabinus ; Til Baladi : Deccan hemp: Malvaceae. 



II : By seed sown in rows, close together. 



III : From abonl the 15 lh of February to April- the 15 th . better in 

 March. 



A : I sually in November. 



VII : It is very rarely or not at all cultivated as a sole crop and 

 most commonly occurs as a border or hedgo-to fields of Cotton and 

 Sugar-Cane. particularly the former. It yields a somewhat stiff fibre 

 eminently suitable for the coarser textile purposes. The fibre is long, 

 pliant, bright, glossy white but coarse and harsh, chiefly made into 

 cordage for agricultural uses. The fibre may be us:>d for strings, sacs, 

 nets etc. but rarely for cloth ; it is considered good for paper-making. 

 Xo market demand [or it. 



