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within the temperate zone, India grows almost all the fruits 

 and vegetalsleg that are found anyi^iere else in the world. 



"By the Lower frange + lc Valley has not been meant any fruit 

 growing region distinctly characteristic from the others ; in 

 fact no well defined classification of the regions of India on 

 the iDasis of fruit growing have yet been made. The fruits 

 occurring in this valley cover almost all the leading tropical 

 and sul)tropical fruits of India and excludes mainly the apples, 

 peach and other fruits of temperate regions growing in the 

 colder parts of India, The following tat)les of the temperature 

 and rainfall of Calcutta will give a rough idea of the climate 

 of the fruit growing area under consideration. 



Mean Minimum 



temperature temperature 



65.1° F. 52° J. 



70.9 54 



79.0 64 



84.4 69 



84.8 69 



84.5 73 

 83. 76 

 82.4 75 



82.4 75 



80.1 68 



72.5 57 



64.9 52 

 Yearly average 65.50 77.9 



