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VEGETABLES AND GARDEN PRODUCE. 

 BRINJAL. 



(Solanum melongena.) 



Tamil Kathri. 



Telugu Vankaya. 



Malayalam Vazhuthininga. 



Kanarese Badinekayi. 



Oriya Banjino. 



Tulu Badane. 



There are many local varieties which differ in colour, shape 

 size and flavour. Introduced varieties from American seed 

 have been tried but have not spread. The crop is grown all 

 over the Presidency on garden lands, sometimes alone, but 

 more often mixed with*various vegetables or at the edges of 

 betel gardens. The unripe fruits are used for making curries. 

 Seed-rate. — The crop is grown from transplanted seed- 

 lings. Between one and two pounds of seed sown in three- 

 fourths of a cent, will plant one acre two feet apart both 

 ways. 



Yield— up to 20,000 lb. per acre for a good crop. 



CLUSTER BEAN. 



{Cyamopsis psoralioides.) 



Tamil Kottavarai. 



Telugu Goruchikkudikaya. 



Kanarese Govardhanakayi. 



The crop is of very little importance and is confined to 

 mixtures in vegetable gardens. It is nowhere grown on a 

 field scale. 



PUMPKIN. 



(Cucurbita maxima.') 



Tamil Pushinikkai : Parangikkai : 



Sakkarai Pushinikkai. 



Telugu Gummadikaya. 



Malayalam Mattanga. 



Tulu Kumbuda : Kembude : 



Kancholu. 



There are several varieties differing in shape, size and colour 

 of fruits. There are also varieties which are sown in summer 

 and in the rains. It is chiefly a rainy weather crop. The ripe 

 and unripe fruits are used as vegetables for making curries. 

 The ripe fruits keep for months. It is usually grown near 

 the hedges in field margins : but occasionally may De found as 

 a field crop. 



