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bed of Groundnut 
” ” Hairy Wax Gourd 
tt It French Bean 
” ” Jerusalem Artichoke 
** ” Luffa acutangula 
** ” Water Melon 
beds of quick -maturing Sweet Potatoes 
" ** Tapioca. 
Many varieties of Keladi were removed to new beds. 
This month the vegetable plots produced excellent crops of;- 
1. Brassica; Teo Chew Choy Sara (19 days after transplanting) 
2. Snake Gourd 
3. Brinjal 
k* Pour-angled Bean 
3. Long Bean 
6. Cucumber 
7. Bay am 
Other crops giving good yields were;- 
Kachang Bendi 
Sword Bean 
Luffa cylindrica 
Kangkong 
Indian Lettuce 
Basella 
Lettuce 
Miscellaneous crops harvested were:- 
Wax Gourd 
Bottle Gourd 
Pumpkin 
Sweet Potato Tops 
Talinura 
Cape Gooseberry 
Yam Bean (19 IB . ) 
Elephant Yam 
Carrots 
Radish, Yates Early . 
Silver Beet 
Chillies & Tomatoes i 
Cucumis utilassima 
A good amount of Sweet Potato & Tapioca 
2 bunches of Bananas Rastali 
49 Papaya fruits. 
Specimens of vegetables were provided for photographic record by 
the Municipal Agricultural Department. 
7. Experimental results in Vegetable Gardens . 
(i) Yam beans (Bengkuang) - 8 plants were allowed to flower and seed 
7 plants in same bed had all flowers removed. When the former 
had ripened seeds, all were dug and weight of roots were as 
follows: 
8 plants allowed to produce seeds ... 3 lb. 12 oz. 
7 with all flowers removed ... 15 lb. 6 oz. 
This clearly indicates the importance of removing the flowers, 
a fact not found in any book. A number of new plants have 
been put out, and these will be treated experimentally in 
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