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the littoral region. Being less hardy than the Olive, 

 it will not grow so far inland. The Kiviera Oranges 

 now go mostly to Germany, where the cheaper sorts 

 sell better. (The Orange is a thing they do not make 

 in Germany!) The greater part of the Oranges 

 imported into England come from Malta, Lisbon, 

 Valencia, the Azores, and Jaffa. Florida produces, 

 in a good year, about 5,000,000 boxes ; but, naturally, 

 the greater portion of these is consumed in America. 

 Provence and Var Oranges are much eaten in 

 Finance. 



One of the first importations of Oranges into 

 England occurred A.D. 1290,* in which year a Spanish 

 ship came to Portsmouth, from the cargo of which 

 the Queen of Edward I. bought one frail of Seville 

 figs, one of raisins or grapes, one bale of dates, 230 

 pomegranates, 15 citrons, and 7 oranges (" poma de 

 orenge "). 



In the seventeenth century, Devonshire claimed 

 to produce Oranges equal to those of Spain. We 

 can hardly believe this. But it is certain that the 

 Orange, Lime, and Shaddock may now be seen 

 growing with the Vine and Fig at Kingsbridge, with 

 no other protection in Winter than a wall and a screen 

 of canvas. 



The Orange is net always the small round-topped 

 tree that adorns the gardens of Nice and Cannes. At 



* The famous Orange-tree at Rome, said to have been planted by St. 

 Dominic, about A.D. 1200, at the monastery of St. Sabina, was still in a 

 thriving state when I visited it in 1875. From the seeds contained in a 

 fruit then given me by the monk in charge of the garden I raised two or 

 three trees, which produced a fruit of a pale yellow colour, with a very 

 smooth skin. In size they are decidedly larger than an ordinary Orange, 

 and the flavour resembles that of the pommeloe. T. H. 



