CROPS 8£ 



are low ; on such lands, difficulties are often felt in the 

 extraction of the fibre for want of water. The fibre is 

 excellent. 



Yield— Each plant will produce 15—20 leaves a year. The 

 average weight of each leaf being 6 lb., 900 plants per acre 

 will give at this rate and with 3£ per cent fibre, 300 lb. of dry 

 fibre per acre per annum. 



CONDIMENTS AND SPICES. 

 CHILLIES. 



(Capsicum annuum, Watt.) 



Tamil Milagai. 



Telugu Mirapakaya* 



Malayalam ... Molaku. 



Kanarese Menasinakayi. 



Oriya Lonkamonho, 



Tulu Munuchi 



Area in Madras— 286,000 acres. 



There is one common variety, though special races from 

 particular districts are recognized for their good qualities. 

 The plant is generally transplanted from a seed bed, and is 

 usually grown on garden lands, as a pure crop or as a mixture 

 in a vegetable garden. On dry soils it is an important crop 

 in Ountur and the uplands in the G5davari and Kistna, where 

 it is grown in large fields which are most accurately trans- 

 planted to allow of careful inter- cultivation. The pods are 

 picked and dried for marketing. 



Seed-rate — 1 to li lb. to transplant an acre. 



Volume weight — 1 Madras measure of dried fruits weigh* 

 frlb. 



Weight of seed— 1,000 seeds weigh 5*65 grammes. 



Number or seeds in 1 lb - 80,300. 



Yield- 2,000 to 2,500 lb. 



ONIONS. 

 {Allium cepa.) 



Tamil Vengayam, Irulli 



Telugu Ulligadda, Nirulli. 



Malayalam Chuvannaulli . 



Kanarese Irulli, Ulligadda. 



Oriya Pizago. 



Tulu Neerulli. 



