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COMMERCIAL VARIETIES OF GINGER. 
Bombay. It comes over in bags and pockets. It is a 
coated sort, of a darker color than the West Indian sorts, 
but paler than the common unscraped Bengal sort. 
In my samples, a portion of the coat [epidermis) has fallen 
or been rubbed off, and the exposed external portion of the 
body of the ginger is darker colored than the remaining 
portion of the coat. When cut, the internal surface is found 
to be rather pale, though somewhat darker than that 
of Jamaica ginger. The races run small, and not much 
branched. 
j8. Uncoated Malabar Ginger; new sort of Malabar 
ginger ; Tellicherry ginger : Calicut ginger ; Cochin ginger. 
This sort of ginger first appeared in the London market 
about the year 1841, having been imported by Messrs. Ken- 
sington, Payne, and Young. The quality being exceeding- 
ly fine, it fetched from 75s. to 1005. per cwt., at the time 
when the old sort fetched only from 155. to 205. per cwt. 
Its races were large, bold, and very much branched. 
When cut into, it was found to be quite soft, even down 
to the centre, the cut surface presenting a lemon tint. Its 
flavor was very aromatic. These qualities made it a great 
favorite with the trade, and, in consequence, it rose in value, 
and for a time fetched £6 or £7 per cwt. But being 
brought over in very large quantities, it soon declined con- 
siderably in price, and this produced carelessness on the 
part of the cultivators. Another circumstance which tended 
to reduce its value was the great havoc committed on it by 
the worm during the voyage, so that it frequently happened 
that, upon landing here, whole cases of ginger were con- 
verted into mere powder. 
The first importation was from Baypore, near Calicut, 
on the Malabar coast; afterwards some came from Telli- 
cherry, and subsequently large parcels of it have come from 
Cochin and Calicut, all on the same coast. The quality 
and flavor of the later importations have been for the most 
art much inferior to those of the first samples and in gene- 
