Miscellaneous. 



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Fruits and Vegetables : Classes V. and VI. 



I have the honour to forward herewith my report on the Classes judged 

 by me at the recent Agri-Horticultural Society's Show :— 



At this show I arranged the exhibits under Classes V. and VI. (Fruits 

 and Vegetables), and judged the latter in connection with Mr. Henry Perera, 

 Colombo Mudaliyar. 



1. Ash pumpkins were good in number and quality. 



2. Bottle gourds were below the average. 



3. Pumpkins made a satisfactory show. 



4. & 5. Snake gourds and bitter gourds were well represented and the 

 specimens really good. 



6- Luffas were only fair and should have been much better. They were 

 all of the " acutangula " variety. 



7 & 8. Beans, "dwarf" and '"long," were very satisfactory. 



9. Princess beans, also called four-winged beans and asparagus peas 

 (Psophocarpus) were not shown at all. The variety is one of which the culti- 

 vation deserves to be encouraged. 



10, 11 & 12. Tomatoes, lettuce, and celery were also wanting, proving 

 that exhibitors had not been growing specially for the show, or they would 

 not have failed to raise these crops. 



13. Sweet potatoes included some excellent specimens. 



13a & 14. Chillies made a very satisfactory exhibit both in number of 

 entries as well as in size and quality. Some very large-sized specimens were 

 disqualified owing to the required number not having been sent in. 



15. Cucumbers. Though out of season some fine fruits were shown. 



10. Onions, very few entries, but the specimens sent in were good. 



17. Yams- The "collections" were few, but decidedly good. 



18. Bread-fruits, satisfactory. 



19. Brinjals, very satisfactory. 



20. Bandakkai, fair; the fault being that the exhibits consisted chiefly 

 of mature fruits unfit for consumption. 



21. Ash plantain were disappointing. 



22. Best collection from a School Carden. A good collection came from 

 the Hunumulla School, and another from Palugama. 



23. Best cooking plantains, very disappointing. 



24. Dehiala (Coco yams). There was a satisfactory show of these and 

 good competition. 



C. DRIEBERG, 



Superintendent of School Gardens, 



Live Stock Section Colombo Show, 1900. 



1. This section was much better than last yeai when there was little 

 competition. 



2. Thirty-two cattle competed in the various classes this year and eleven 

 country-bred horses and ponies. 



3. For the Championship classes 10 bulls and 3 horses competed. 



G. W. STURGESS, 

 Govt. Veterinary Surgeon* 



