Fruit Garden
The Shillong Fruit Garden
was established in 1902 in order to test the possibility of introducing various
European fruit trees into the hill districts, which possessed a climate
resembling that of the warmer regions of Europe[1].
The chief obstacle in these districts was the early arrival of the monsoon which rendered the atmosphere excessively humid and thus interfered with the ripening of the fruit.
The chief obstacle in these districts was the early arrival of the monsoon which rendered the atmosphere excessively humid and thus interfered with the ripening of the fruit.
Experiments had been made
with apples, pears, plums, apricots, Spanish chestnuts, grape-vines, citrons,
strawberries, Khasi oranges, gooseberries, raspberries, currants, rhubarb,
asparagus and other plants. Considerable success had been attained in rearing the
European univoltine silkworm, and it had been found that the seed produced in
the garden was quite as good as imported seed. Large number of mulberries had
been planted with a view to obtaining cuttings and plants for distribution.
[1]Bulletin of
the Imperial Institute (Volume 8) - Commonwealth Institute (Great Britain), 1910. University of Toronto.
http://www.archive.org/stream/bulletinofimperi08commuoft#page/195/mode/1up.
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