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Ord. Artocarpe.e. 
Sukdn (Bread-fruit), Artocarpus incisa Fruit used by the Malays as a vegetable. 
The tree, however, seldom produces fruit in perfection in the Straits, the 
greater number falling prematurely. 
Ndngkd Artocarpus integrifolius ; — ) v » ■ , * , •, ■, n .1 Ayr i ** 
m 1 j \ 4 . 1 i i r Young fruit used as a vegetable by the Malays. 
Champedak , Artocarpus polyphema : — j b J J 
Ord. PaPAYACE/E. 
Betek or Buah Papaya , Carica papaya : — Extensively cultivated and used as a vege- 
table. Plentiful in the bazaars. 
Ord. Fj dices. 
Paku Ruan, Ceratopteris thalictroides : — Oommon in ditches. Used chiefly by Flings and 
Malays. 
Anisogonium eseulentum A fern not uncommon in ditches. Is a very 
good vegetable, used by the Malays, who also use the young shoots of the 
following ferns : — 
Paku Akar , Stenochlaena palustris : — j 
Paku Vban, Blechumi orientale : — >-All fairly plentiful in a wild state. 
S amber, Thamnopteris nidus ) , 
Ord. Gbamineac. 
Rebong, Gynotochloa aspera ( ? ) : — A bamboo the young shoots of which are extensively 
used among the Chinese as a vegetable and for preserves. 
Jaggong, (Maize) : — Is grown to some extent and used green as a vegetable. 
Ord. Palmea:. 
Pinang, Klapa, Areca and Cocos : — Heart or growing point used as salad. Supply very 
limited. 
2. From the foregoing it will be seen that there are about eighty kinds of vege- 
tables at present more or less in cultivation in the Colony. Of that number, but few 
are exclusively Chinese, but a good deal of the seed from which they are grown comes 
from China. The cultivation is, however, much at fault, there being a tendency to 
produce quantity instead of quality, and some control over present system of cul- 
tivation seems necessary. 
0 . The following 45 kinds of vegetables of species cultivated in England have 
been tried, in Penang, at 1,000 feet elevation, .and in Singapore at about 150 feet, 
with results as follows : — - 
II .—VEGETABLES grown for trial. 
Giant Asparagus, in Penang grew freely, but not to a large size. 
Broad Windsor Beans, 
Scarlet Runners, 
Egyptian Turnip, rooted Beet, 
DeWs Flower Garden Beet, 
Broccoli, 
Brussels Sprouts, . . . 
Cabbage, Large White Erfurt, 
Cabbage, Early Blood Red, 
Cabbage, Savoy, 
Carrots — Early short Horn , 
f Flowered in Singapore and Penang, but failed to 
* C set fruit. 
Failed quite every where. 
Did well in Penang. 
Grew fairly well in Singapore, not tried in Penang. 
. 'j Grew leaves only in the open ground, makes better 
centre when grown .in pots. Penang and Sin- 
gapore experiments gave same results. 
0 Grew well both in Penang and Singapore, but of 
Carrot . Earliest French forcing, j inferior flavour in Singapore. 
Cress, Curled, 
Cress, American, 
Cress, Indian, 
T elegra ph Cue um her, 
Sundringh am Celery , 
Cos defiant Celery, 
Williams 3 Matchless Celery, 
Major Clark’s Red Celery, 
Dandelion , 
Musselburgh Leek, . . . 
Kole Rabi, 
All grew well in Peuang and Singapore. Sueceded 
better in Penang. 
Grew fairly well in Penang. Failed in Singapore. 
Grew fairly in Penang. 
Grew to leaves only in Singapore. 
Grew well in Penang and Singapore. 
Grew well in Penan gr. 
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Do. do. and Singapore. 
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