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Leaving Singapore on 22nd by nignt train* wo arrived e.t K . Pilon on 
23rd, at 9.45 ft.m. and wore on tnc snow grounds at about ton. *no C 0i ;_ 
mittcc wore already busy in passing tneir judgment on tno various e x - 
nibite, 
( no snow was not muon as far as tno kitcncn gardening was concern 
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cd. ’nillios, brinjals, Saids, ewoot-pototooe,yams,tepioce, beans and 
other vegctablos commonly grown in Singapore were tno only represented 
in fcnis sootiob, and oven in tncee tno competitors did not appear to 
be many. J-nis was surprising, since, judging from wnafc I ok saw of tnc 
country from tno train, tno cultivation of tno vegetables in tnc K. TJ.a 
l;-n district appears to bo very extensive, and tno climtto very suita¬ 
ble far.tno purpose. n owover ; it is possible tnat tnc vegetable growers 
living some miles away from tne town did not tnink wortn tneir wnilo to 
compete witn those living in tno close proximity of tno town: for accor 
ding to tne present metnod of judg*#§ tno qualities of tnc cxnibits, 
tnoso vegetable growers wno can pluck tneir cxnibits at tne last mo- 
mcnb and transport witn tno groat care to tnc snow note an adventago 
f;r U:0r;c living acme miles away from ij^T &\\u 1 1 on wil l _ 
Tno largest sections in tnc show wore tnosc of fruits,poultry and 
of tnc products of the local artizanship suen as mats, baskets, erabroi- 
uory work, etc,Thor© was a .fairly good collection of locally made jagge¬ 
ry, end of coffee plants, *' ~ 
Tnerc scorns to be some confusion about tne recognition of citrus fni 
fruits,Fruits differing in sga.pc are sometimes labelled under one and 
tne same nemo,, and vice-versa, What were afterwards determined by a 
large number people consulted.as him au nipjs and L. k apas , at 
tnc snow put under tne name of L, nipis.Tnc lixaau nipis ie round witn 
smootn skin, wnilo tne l jiaa u k ape s is oblong containing numerous pro- 
jeetionn of tnc rind.Pumcios of various ahjJuttvnd sizes wore all named 
'' b Timau oeaar, some of wnicn, <3^S* according to tne opinion of *3£SK2Xs 
% , , UMaJL , jA 
visitors limau abongs. Outwardly it is not easy to dfetin- 
guisn tnc one from tnc otner, and tnerc was one sample w^jLea, I n**'bauflA 
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