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Citrus mcdica, the Citron. I do not know how much of the 

 preserved rind of this orange we import, but if profitable the tree 

 would no doubt grow here. 



Citrus limomun, the lemon, certainly grows well here, but is 

 attacked by the purple scale which is often fatal. I have a tree in 

 my garden which bears abundantly fruit of the finest quality ; 

 large branches of it have been layered and removed farther up 

 Nuuanu valley, where they also are doing well. Why should we 

 import lemons? 



Citrus acida, the hme, as we all know, grows well all over the 

 group, especially well in Puna on rather poor soil, but in spite of 

 that limes cost more in Honolulu than in Boston, and those we get 

 from Mexico do not compare in size and quality with those from 

 Honduras. I have purchased delicious and juicy limes as large as 

 the average lemon at Trujillo for one dollar (Mexican) per barrel. 

 The people plant the tree in hedges, keep it closely trimmed and 

 it bears constantly. Could not our Board of Agriculture get us 

 some of these plants ? 



Citrus limctta, the Sweet Lime, is a common fruit in Central 

 America, but not attractive to those who like limes or lemons. 

 Without the acid its flavor is flat. 



Citrus bigaradia, the Seville or bitter Orange, is used for flavor- 

 ing rather than as a fruit. The skin is used for the Curagoa 

 liqueur and the flowers to perfume oil of Neroli ; the peel is also 

 candied. One acre has produced £50 worth of flowers. 



Citrus auraiitiuiu. I do not know that the Syrian orange sold 

 in the streets of Jerusalem and Cairo has ever been tried here, 

 "but it is generally considered by good judges of fruit the king of 

 oranges. It is large, juicy and without much pulp, while the 

 flavor is delicious. The so-called Coolie orange of India and 

 China is close-skinned, like our Kona orange, and perhaps better 

 in flavor. The St. Michaels orange, a flat yellow variety from 

 the Azores was in my boyhood the favorite orange sold in Boston, 

 as most of the Fayal trade was with Boston. I believe it a fact 

 that one tree has produced 40,000 fruits in a season. 



Citrus decii'r.iana, the Pumelo fromi which come the Shaddock, 

 Forbidden Fruit, Grape Fruit, etc. To me this is the chief of the 

 citrus family, but we never see here the famous Amoy pumelo. 

 In China this fruit has been cultivated from time immemorial, and 



