- 2 - 
1 bed of Groundnut 
1 '* ’* Hairy Wax Gourd 
1 ” French Bean 
1 ” ” Jerusalem Artichoke 
1 ” ** Luff a acuta nf^ula 
1 ” ” Water Melon 
5 beds of quick -maturing Sweet Potatoes 
3 " ” Tapioca. 
Many varieties of Keladi were removed to new beds. 
This month the vegetable plots produced excellent crops of;- 
1, Brassica; Teo Chew Ohoy Sam (19 days after transplanting) 
2. Snake Gourd 
3. Brinjal 
4. Four-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 
Talinum 
Gape Gooseberry 
Yarn Bean (19 lb . ) 
Elephant Yam ^ 
Carrots 
Radish, Yates Early 
Silver Beet 
Chillies A Tomatoes 
Cucurais utilassima 
A good amount of Sweet Potato A 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. 
(^) 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 I'h. 12 oz. 
7 ” with all flowers removed ... 13 IB. 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 
other/ 
