FODDER GRASSES FOR INDIA. 63 



The pear and plum do not, to the best of my 

 knowledge, ever ripen. 



The apricot blossoms abundantly at the level of 

 Poonah, but does not produce fruit. 



Fodder and food for Cattle and Animals grasses, seeds, 

 fruits, roots, and leaves also Ornamental plants. 



The trials made of the grasses and fodder plants 

 of Europe, have generally not had an encouraging 

 result. Italian Rye grass I have raised from seed ; 

 but it remains comparatively sickly and stunted. 



The Maltese Trefoil, a Legume celebrated in 

 southern Europe for its productiveness and its 

 adaptation to the food of cattle, gives in the Deckan 

 no promise of a return. Lucerne has been success- 

 fully acclimated, and is now largely cultivated by 

 natives chiefly for sale to the European community. 

 Its use also is spreading among the cultivators for 

 their own cattle. 



Guinea grass ; of this the introduction is more 

 recent. It yields a slower return than Lucerne, 



