They are reaping both wheat and barley.
The field between the barrack and the governor's house contains wheat and maize, both very bad, but the former particularly so.

In passing through the main street I was pleased to observe the gardens of the convicts look better than I had expected to find them.

The vegetables in general are but mean, but the stalks of maize, with which they are interspersed, appear green and flourishing.

The semicircular hill, which sweeps from the overseer of the cattle's house to the governor's house, is planted with maize, which, I am told, is the best here.

It certainly looks in most parts very good--stout thick stalks with large spreading leaves--but I am surprised to find it so backward.