Native Boy with Jak fruit near Kandy, Ceylon

Native Boy with Breadfruit near Kandy, Ceylon 1930s
Native Boy with Jakfruit near Kandy, Ceylon 1930s #IMG359

Indigenous boy carrying a Jak Fruit (not a Breadfruit) near Kandy, Ceylon.
Pub. by Associated Screen News Limited, Montreal – Canadian Pacific Cruise.

« Back | ^ | Next »

2 thoughts on “Native Boy with Jak fruit near Kandy, Ceylon”

  1. Item in photo is a jak fruit not a breadfruit which does not get much larger than a grapefruit. A jak, however can get twice as large as one here.

    A lot of info on net about jak.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related Posts

Plumbago preperation

PLUMBAGO or Graphite Preparation in Ceylon

  • Bawantha
  • February 11, 2009
  • 1 min read
  • 0

PLUMBAGO or Graphite Preparation PLUMBAGO (from Lat. plumbum, lead), a name frequently applied to graphite, “Miniran” in sinhala Languge. When Chemistry was in its early days and the graphite was thought to be a form of lead. Because of this, it was called “plumbago” (Latin for “acts like lead”). The black core of pencils is […]