Miscellaneous. 



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[Oct. 190(5. 



Sapodillas were poor, the only tairly good specimens coming from Salawa 



Estate. 



The good basket of nelly fruits was sent in by M. D. Julis. 



Paradise Estate also gained the prize for breadfruits, the exhibits of which, 

 however, were not particularly striking. Other fruits mentioned in the catalogue 

 were either entirely abssut or unworthy of notice. 



Vegetables.— Exotic vegetables were very poorly represented, and this fact 

 goes to prove that few persons, if any, gre w specially for the show. Beans, lettuces, 

 and beets were fair, but there is no reason why these and other exotics should not 

 have made a striking class in themselves, if a proper attempt had been made to 

 grow them. 



Of yams and sweet potatoes there were excellent specimens, the collection 

 sent in by the Mudaliyar of Hewagam Korale being the best. 



Maniyagama school took the prize for snake gourds, and Salawa Estate was 

 again to the front with a fine show of bandakais and bitter gourd. 



Chillies, cucumbers, ash pumpkins, brinjals, luffa (vetakolu), spinach and 

 lasia (kohilla) were all good. 



The best general collection of vegetables was that sent in by Juanis Appu. 



C. DRIEBERG, 

 Superintendent of Schoo Gardens, 



Colombo, 14th September, 1906. 



Report on Class III., A. and B. 



I have the honour to report as follows on sections A. & B. of Class III, (viz., 

 Vegetables and Commercial Products and new Products respectively), at the Agri- 

 Horticultural Show held at Talduwa, on the 7th and 8th instant. 



This being the first show held in this district, these sections were perhaps 

 more creditable than the mere list of entries suggests. The keenest competition was 

 in coconut oil and rubber, of which there were 40 and 12 entries respectively. None 

 of these were really of mean merit, and the work of the judges was to select the 

 best of what was all good. The following is a detailed account :— 

 Vegetable and Commercial Products. 



Exhibits. 

 Coconut oil ... 

 Cinnamon oil 

 Medicinal oils 

 Tobacco 



Native fibres 

 Gingelly oil ... 

 Kekuna oil ... 

 Gums and resins 

 Native dyes... 

 Gamboge 

 Coconuts 

 King coconuts 

 Arecanuts ... 



Groundnuts ... 

 Groundnut oil 

 Groundnut poonac 

 Cleaned cotton 

 Rubber 



iSth September, 1906. 



No. of Exhibits. 

 40 



..." 1 

 2 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



8 

 6 



2m ... 

 New Products. 

 5 



Remarks, 

 All good 



A large collection 



No prize awarded, both 



being disqualified 

 Rather poor 

 Fair 



do 



do 



Good specimens 

 All good 

 Good 



Pretty fair samples 



1 ... Very inferior, disqualified 



4 ... All good 



12 ... do 



(Sgd.) H. F. MACMILLAN, 

 Curator, Peradeniya Gardens 



