52o/*7. 
17th June, 
7 
Sir, 
I have the honour to enquire whether you could 
send aie botanical specimens of the species of Jticx- 
fi’uit called 'Sonokadut * in Bur..ui. 
I have o sen writing to Mr*J. -Grant, Rice Research 
fificer, Burma, for specimens of the varieties "kala" 
and "talaing" of the Jack-fruit, which he has described 
in Bulletin No.^C, Department of Agriculture, Burma. 
I enquired from him also, concerning the Malayan "Chempedah” 
which seems not to be grown in Inoia and he suggested 
that the Buz’mese "Sonckadat" might jq the Malayan "Chempedah 
ana that I should enquire from >ou. 
The "Chempedah" differs fr-oi? the Jack in having long 
wiry brown hairs on the buds, twigs, petioles and fruit- 
stalks; and in having smaller, narrower fruits with easily 
separable rind and core, a very strong, harsh smell when 
ripe and custardy pulp round the seeds. 
My assistant. Mr.E.J.H*Corner, has been studying the 
differences between the Jack and Chempedah because they 
have never been clearly stated in botanical works, and 
therefore we are anxious to know what variation there 
is in each species. 
If you can obtain specimens of ’'Sonekudat' , we should 
i- 
like cried leaves and flower heads and dried sections of 
fruit; or preferably, it might oe possible to send the 
nearly ripe fruits fresh by ship. 
I have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
four obedient servant, 
Deputy Director of Agriculture, 
Tenasserim Circle, 
Moulmein, BURMA. ** 
