I 35? J 



The cost may be estimated as below: Rs. A. P. 



Ploughing and making of beds ... 12 o o 



Transplanting ... ... 2 8 "o 



2 Earthings ... ... ... 6 o -o : 



2 Hand-hoeings ... ... ... 60 o 



2 Wheel-hoeings ... ... ... j 8 o 



i Irrigation ... ... ..,280 



i Hoeing with spades after irrigation ... 3 8 o 



Plucking and drying ... ...50 o 



Rent ... ... ... 3 o o 



Total Rs. ... 42 o o 



CHAPTER L1X. 



"VTEXT to potatoes, palvals, and brinjais, the Eifglisr 

 vegetables, viz. cabbages, cauliflowers, tomatoes, knofc 

 kohl, turnips and beet, have come to be regarded as the 

 important table- vegetables, specially in Bengal towns. 



528. What are known in India as English vegetables did 

 not all originally come from England. The original home of 

 cabbage, carrot, celery, parsnip, salsify, sea-kale and turnip, 

 is believed to be England. But beans came originally from 

 Persia and India; beet, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, parsley, 

 and peas came originally from Southern Europe or Asia; 

 Brussels sprout as its name implies originally came frohi' 

 Belgium ; kohl rabi from Germany; leek from Switzerland; 

 endive from East Indian Islands, Jerusalem artichoke from 

 Brazil; potatoes from Peru; tomatoes from South America 

 onion from Africa ; radish and rhubarb from China and^ 

 spinach from Northern Asia. 



529. Taking into consideration the land of their origin 



