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the skin when ripe, and easily parted into sections 

 without spilling any juice. They are sweet and 

 pleasantly aromatic, grown chiefly for local de- 

 mand. 



Kumquats are tiny olive-shaped oranges, an 

 inch long, thick-skinned, with scant room for pulp. 

 They are eaten, skins and all, or made into con- 

 serves. They are a dwarf species from Japan. 



The marmalade of commerce is made of the 

 bitter orange, an Arabian variety, taken into Spain 

 by the Moors in the ninth century, and cultivated 

 chiefly in the neighborhood of Seville. The dark 

 skin is candied for export to England and other 

 northern countries. Quantities of the fresh fruit 

 are used in English homes and factories, for the 

 Englishman must have orange marmalade wher- 

 ever he goes. 



The Citron whose thick inner rind is candied 

 and preserved in Sicily, Corsica, Italy, Spain, and 

 Portugal, grows also in the West Indies and Brazil. 

 It grows wild in northern India, from which region 

 it has come into cultivation in India and China. 

 It is not edible when fresh. 



The Lemon, a close relative of the orange, origi- 

 nated in India or China, if tradition is to be be- 

 lieved. It has followed the orange over the world, 

 but is a trifle less hardy. Its place in the list of 



