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The Tropical Agriculturist. The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon February 1936

1936

The writer of the article calls attention to the growing interest in tomato cultvation in the dry zone areas of the Island and emphasises the high food value of the tomato owing to its richness in vitamin content whether in the ripe fresh cooked or preserved fruit. [...] The weather conditions prevailing during the growth of the crop and the incidence of pests and diseases which in the case of the tomato crop is particularly associated with Unseasonable weather also influence the yield to a considerable extent. [...] One of the chief characteristics of the disease is the presence of a brown discoloration of the woody tissues of the stem just below the greyish green outer skin. [...] On the other hand the priciple that the supply creates the demand together with modern theories of nutrition in the vitamin values of certain fruits and a universal recommendation to eat more fruit stimulated by medical journals by the daily press and by food advertisements undoubtedly accounts for the greater part of the present world increase in fruit consumption. [...] In the past year or so the subject of the export of this fruit has been frequently raised both in the newspapers and in more technical journals and I have been very fortunate in having been able to discuss the matter with a grower who has carried out experiments in this respect for several years as to type of fruit sent the mode of packing the reports of the Covent Garden dealers and of the Emp
agriculture environment
Pages
65
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
Editorial
65-66 unknown view
Tomato Cultivation in the Dry Zone of Ceylon—IV
67-76 W.R.C. Paul view
Fruit Cultivation and Production
77-99 T.H. Parsons view
A Note on the Bagging of Grape Fruit
100-101 L. Lord view
Progress in the Development of Crops in the Hambantota District
102-103 G. Harbord view
Foods we Eat and Why we Eat them
104-108 unknown view
Recent Conferences and Congresses
109-112 unknown view
The Important Insect Pests of the Castor Oil Plant in S. India with Suggestions for Their Control
113-117 unknown view
Increased Growing of Ethiopian Coffee
118-123 unknown view
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of the Tea Research Institute of Ceylon held in the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Rooms. Colombo on Saturday the 7th December 1935 at 10.00 a.m.
124-126 unknown view
Animal Disease Return for the Month Ended 31St January 1936
127-127 M. Cravwford view
Meteorological Report—January 1936
128-128 H. Jameson view

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