September, 1908.] 



243 



Miscellaneous Products. 



Analyses op Pineapples prom Experi- 

 ment Plot Showing Phosphoric Acid, 

 Nitrogen and Potash in the 

 Original Fruit. 



Station 



P2 Oo 



N 



K> O 



No. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per cen 



1 AClA 



UoOS 



U(Oi 





1 ACiK 



14yo 



uiio 



UOoo 



•9901 



i Ada 



•AQQ1 

 Uo»l 



.A« 7(i 



UO/O 



•18 ,: }8 



i^y / 



Vol t 





*9981 



1 A CI**! 



VOID 



•Ofill 



•90Q9 



i /inn 



Vooo 



•0K17 





lollU 



'(11(19 

 U1U.S 



•ofioo 



UOoU 



•9Q1£ 

 ^iOIO 



lOUl 



•noil 

 (ion 



•Ofi£7 

 UOO ( 



•9980. 





•nmn 

 uiuy 





•91 £8 



lOUo 



UIOZ 



UOoo 



•^l 'Vi 



i £A<1 

 loUi 



.A/171 



Ul ( 1 



uooo 



•9nio 

 zuiy 



lOUO 



.All A 



U+1U 



•nfsoi 

 uoy± 



•900^ 



fcjU170 



i crn(-t 

 lOUO 



.AJ.9A 



VIOL 



•91 89 



t p:n7 

 10U( 



•moi 



usoy 



•91 Q8 

 Zloo 



luUo 



uooy 



•0797 



•1 88^ 



looo 



1 £nn 



uooy 



■070£ 

 u/yo 



•9010 

 £U1U 



10 1U 



■no. 01 

 Uool 



•07 in 



U(1U 



■9187 

 ^lo( 



i ft i o 

 I0i<i 



Ud jl 



UOOO 



■91 18 



lOlo 



Uloo 



•07K7 



•9^1-t 



iiOlO 



101.) 



UiZl 



•0090 



uy^y 



•9i7t; 



C& I O 



10<iU 





uooy 



•91 07 



ziy ( 



1 Wl 



Ui^O 



U ( oo 



•9Qfi1 



^ooi 



1 £99 



10££ 



.AQAA 



uoyu 



•07f!£ 

 U/OO 



•9988 



1 K9Q 



•mm 



•070K 

 U(UO 



• 9QQ 1 



1 K91 



•nn 7 



Ull ( 



UOUO 



ZooU 



10ZO 





.ACT on 

 UOSU 



•1 U80 



iyou 



1 K97 



•niOl 



UOZl 



•9170 



IDol 



•OQQ£ 



uoyo 



UOoo 



■91 "Q 



zi i y 



1 £9.9 



•ni££ 



U100 



•07RO 

 U(OU 



• 1 899 



1 £9,1 



•n£99 



•0701 

 U(Ud 



•9 1 U8 



1 £9.7 



loo/ 



UOUo 



•ORIS 

 U018 



.9909 



1 £QO 

 looo 



u±y / 



UOOU 



•9417 

 ZoK 



lOoy 



UooO 



UOoo 



•9171 



i £in 



101U 



•ni90 



UOy L 



•91 1 1 



will 



1 £11 

 1011 



UOOO 



•0719 



•9^81 

 ZOol 



l £19 



oono 

 •uoy^ 



UOO ( 



•91 77 

 ZK ( 



1543 



•0432 



•0662 



•2513 



1544 



•0477 



•0650 



•2716 



1545 



•0482 



•0796 



"2585 



1551 



•0430 



•0692 



•2312 



1552 



•0450 



•0697 



•1955 



1553 



■0429 



•0680 



•2876 



1554 



•0443 



.0789 



•2320 



1555 



•0451 



•0698 



•2553 



1556 



•0416 



•0703 



•1868 



1557 



•0398 



•0658 



•2090 



1558 



•0429 



•0664 



•2244 



1559 



•0451 



•0724 



•2259 



Average 



•0423 



•0707 



•2256 



Some work has also been done looking 

 towards ascertaining whether increasing 

 the fertilizers has any effect upon the 

 sugar and acid content of the pineapple, 

 but this wok is not yet complete. 



For the beginner in pineapple grow- 

 ing there will be many details which 

 must be learned by experience or from 

 the practical grower. The experimenter 



is, of necessity, obliged to content him- 

 self largely with working out general 

 principles, since different localities and 

 different individuals require that dif- 

 ferent methods be employed in executing 

 many of the minor details in almost all 

 agricultural pursuits. — Bulletin No. 83, 

 Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 February, 1906, pp. 411-435. 



THE SEED OF NYMPHiEA LOTUS.* 



By C. K. Subba Rao. 

 The seed of Nymphcea Lotus, which is 

 very plentiful in the Roller Lake, is 

 known in the Kistna District, Madras, 

 as Allyalu, the whole plant being called 

 Alii. The plant occurring in the Roller 

 Lake bears white flowers- It is met 

 with, though not abundantly, in other 

 parts of the Presidency. While the seed 

 and the fleshy root of the plant are used 

 as articles of diet by the lower classes of 

 people inhabiting the villages bordering 

 on the Roller Lake, their dietetic value 

 is quite unknown elsewhere. A Christian 

 gentleman who had recently returned to 

 India from Japan referred, in a lecture 

 delivered on the manners and customs 

 of the Japanese, to the face of lotus 

 roots being used as food by the Japanese. 

 Whether these people use lotus seed as 

 food is not known. 



The Wuddis, Mcdas and other low 

 classes of people go out on rafts or in 

 hallowed trunks of the palmyra, in the 

 Koller Lake in November and December, 

 to gather various products, of which the 

 fruit of JShjmphcea Lotus is the chief- 

 The fruit is roundish and brownish red. 

 It is kept s?oaked in cowdung in a basket 

 for three days, when it is pounded and 

 the seed separated. The seed somewhat 

 resembles ragi when thoroughly husked, 

 and is of dirty white colour. It is boiled 

 like iice and thus eaten or ground to 

 flour and made into cakes. It is con- 

 sidered specially good for people suffer- 

 ing from beri-beri. It is very palatable, 

 but is not so nutritious as rice, cholam 

 or other grain. It is extensively con- 

 sumed, especially in times of scarcity, 

 by the classes of people above referred 

 to. Last year, the price of the seed in 

 the villages bordering on the Roller 

 Lake, was so high as Rs. 40 per candy of 

 500 lbs., that is, half the price of paddy. 



The root of the plant is cooked and 

 eaten as curry. — Agricultural Journal 

 of India, Vol. III., Part I., January 

 1908. 



* Olu, Et-olu, Sinhalese. Common in Ceylon, 

 The seeds eaten here.— Eb, 



