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pointed at t both e 
- Salem, called after the town of that name, and esteemed as a good 
fruit. 
|. Oothamav aeos one of the largest mangoe 
Raspberry, so named perhaps on account of its colour, which is a 
bright rosy red on one side when ripe. 
Badamı, is an almond-flavoured mango. 
2 c Pvipr. vem eme Dialipada, Gathaymar, and Chittoor are 
. very superior mangoes grown at such places as Bombay, Malda, 
Mogazon, Chittoor, Salem, and Bangalore, but when sanasa Faia m 
. their native localities these celebrated varieties often lose their best 
qualities. 
LEGUMINOS X. 
Arachis hypo fea. Ground-nut. Being a common field crop 
: ground-nut is much nae by the natives. Roasted, they are a good 
ae substitute for the almo 
= Pithecoloblüm- dulce. This is a native of Tropical America 
cultivated in India often as a hedge plant. The pod is 4-5 inches long 
inside of which the seeds are enveloped in a pulpy white edible aril. 
This pulpy "ide is eaten by the poorer classe 
 Ceratonia Siliqua. ‘The Carob troe. The trees in the Lal 
Bagh frait freely. - 
Rosacea, 
us Persica. The Peach. The peaches in this country 
we eiu "inire in d flavour to the fruit grown under glass 
peach," nd from ch. a 
nectarine rete is regarded as a form of peach with a smooth and not 
downy skin) is also grown, and fruits freely. 
us Arm ie Apricot. The apricot is cultivated 
‘and almost naturalised in mountainous parts of India. It succeeds also 
dn the hills around tens an ore, 
The Plum. Two varieties kno 
"They succeed only fairly well. o 
Near aeg eae, irr n —— is here a cultivated béainbls which — — 
a these 
two. heo wiae m ee 
Kike and Magnum ramet are principally under caleivation $ hors; Bou 
lackberry nor the raspberry. It seems to be inter- i 
ire ui the 
