24 Oils of Southern India, [no. 5,newseriks, 



No. 3. Bastard Gingeley oil. (Sesamum orientate var.) 



The " second sort Gingeley" sometimes called " bastard Gin- 

 geley" is extracted from a variety of the Sesamum above mentioned. 

 It differs but little from the true Gingeley; the quantity of oil yielded 

 by an equal amount of seed is somewhat less, but there appears to 

 be no difference in the quality of the product. 



The following remarks upon the cultivation of the true Gingeley, 

 and its varieties in the Rajahmundry district, have been furnished 

 by. F. Coplestone, Esq. 



Gingeley, or first sort Gingeley. (The black seed. J This is the pro- 

 duce of the Hill-country called Reddyseema in the Rajahmundry 

 district. It is generally sown at the commencement of the mon- 

 soon (Jane) and ripens in four months, 160 seers of seed yield 50 

 seers of oil which is clear and sweet. The current value of the 

 seed is Rupees 50 per candy of 5001bs. 



Bastard Gingeley, or second sort Gingeley, is the worst variety of 

 this plant, the seeds are of mixed colors, white, red and black. It 

 is usually sown in the month of Chyteari (April) and ripens in three 

 months, 160 seers of seed yield 35 seers of oil, which is of a brown 

 color and bitter. The current value of this seed is 35 Rupees per 

 candy of 5001bs. 



White Gingeley, is sown in the month of Myglam (January, Fe- 

 bruary) and ripens in three months and a half. The oil is clean and 

 sweet, 160 seers of seed yield 44 seers of oil, the current value of 

 the seed is 44 Rupees per candy. 



Pyroo Noovooloo is the red seed sown generally on the islands 

 called Lunkaloo. It ripens in three months, 160 seers of seed yield 

 45 seers of oil. The current price of the seed is Rupees 42 per 

 candy. The term " Pyroo" is applied to the season after the gene- 

 ral harvest in January, viz. February, March, and April, and 

 has no reference to these seeds except as indicating the time of 

 their sowing. 



The exports of this oil and seed are included in those of Gingeley. 

 No. 4. Lamp oil. {Ricinus communis fructibus majoribus.) 

 The oil obtained from the large seeded variety of the Ricinus 



