VEGETABLE PRODUCTS OF N.W. INDIA. 179 
Northern India, though somewhat tempered by reason of its 
proximity to the Himalayas. The Siwalik range of hills divides 
the district of Sahdranpur from that of Dehra Dan, where the 
arson is some degrees cooler and the vegetation correspondingly 
erent. 
CrRE 
Cold Season. Sere eons sativum Lam. (vern. Gehur.) 
is Barley, Hordeum vulgare L. (vern. Jau.) 
Oa . dal. 
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Rainy Season. Rice, Oryza sativa L. (vern. Dhar.) 
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(Bajra). 
% tralian Millet, Setaria italica Kunth. (Kangni.) 
re Paspalum scrobiculatum L. (vern. Kodon.) 
‘ Panicum poor ceum L. (vern. Chena. 
mentaceum, Roxb. ae Peta 
7 Rigaud corocana Gierta: (vern a.) 
Waear is the most important winter crop of Upper Indi 
There are Seveal distinct varieties, including the bearded and the 
beardless ; different names are also given according to the nature of 
the grain ‘88 to its colour, size, and consistency. This crop is very 
frequently sown mixed with barley, also with certain of 
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(Gram or Chana), and Ervum as (M. ney ches kinds of yale 
which will be alluded to further on; also ue t less Hi tate 
lack 
aoe ae A ried was exhibited at the Saharanpur eeitbieal Show 
last 
ats extensively cultivated in eo stud farm at Saharanpur 
for he use of the depot horses. On the hills it is grown mixed 
with barley, and both grains are Patty “ and eaten together. 
Rice is by far the most important crop of the kharif or rainy 
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from seed-beds, whilst ‘the inferior sorts are sown broadcast. It 
largely grown in the Himalayan Valleys and wherever the ground 
can be irrigated. 
Maize or Inpian Corn.—Compared with the other ore this is 
a recent introduction. It thrives well both in the plains a 
Himalayas. It is a rapid grower, capable of coming to aataniy 
within six weeks from sowing, should the season be favourable. 
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