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crop. In Pahang it is cultivated fairly extensively as a catch-crop 
amongst young rubber but I am extremely doubtful if this is to be 
recommended. Tapioca is propagated from stem cuttings, 6 inches 
long, the cuttings being half buried in the soil in a sloping direction 
at 4 feet distances. The crop takes about one year to reach maturity. 
Sugar-Cane, 
I merely wish to refer to this as a food substance which was 
extensively grown in Province Wellesley at one time and to a smaller 
extent in other parts of the country. The growing of sugar-cane as 
a plantation crop here is now non-existent but it is cultivated to 
a minor extent, especially by market gardeners. ' 
Sago Palm. 
This palm is a native of Malaya and yields the sago of commerce. 
It is found chiefly in swampy flat situations and is particularly 
common in some parts of Perak and Negri Sembilan. There are 
fairly Extensive areas where this palm wonld flourish and which 
perhaps, with the exception of padi, are unsuited for other tropical 
products. 
Fruits. 
Before closing this address I would like to refer briefly to the 
question of fruit culture. This important branch of agriculture is 
largely ignored by the European planter. There are a considerable 
number of fruits which flourish here, but few private gardens 
have anything like a representative collection. Suitable lands in the 
neighbourhood of the larger towns might be profitably utilized for 
the growing of fruit, trees for I feel sure that a ready market would 
be secured. 
The following fruits can be successfully grown in Malaya- — 
custard-apple, bullock’s heart, soursop, cherimoyer, mangosteen, 
roselle, durian, blimbing, carambola, pumelo, lime, citron orange, 
langsair, duku, rambutan, pulassan, avocado pear, cliiku, Pamflom 
lawnfolia and papaya. The following fruits show some promise — 
Java almond, Cashew-nut, pomegranate and wood-apple. 
Vegetables. 
The following vegetables are worthy of extended cultivation — 
lettuce, endive, kolil-rabi, snake, bollh and wax gourds, cucumber, 
tomatoes, spinach, carrot (short horn varieties) Coleus tuberosus, 
brinjal, yam-beans and arrowroot. 
Discussion . 
The Chairman (Mr. L. Lewton-Brain) offered a few remarks at 
the close of the paper : After regretting the small attendance of 
planters at a discussion of such importance, he pointed out that the 
subject could be divided into two parts : first the growing of 
vegetables by individuals for themselves and second the general ' 
food supply of the country. Far too few planters grew their own 
