FRUITS 



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In our own empire our chief source of supply is the West 

 Indies, more especially Jamaica, 1 but many other British 

 countries grow them although they do not export them to us. 

 In Queensland, for instance, both the climate and soil of the 

 eastern lowlands are admirably suited to the cultivation of 

 bananas, and millions of bunches are produced every year, 

 but these are all exported to the southern states of the 

 Commonwealth. In the Kenya Colony inferior varieties flourish 



TWENTY-DOZEN BUNCH OF BANANAS, QUEENSLAND 



everywhere in the coastal belt, and as soon as better kinds have 

 been introduced they will doubtless form an important article 

 of export. In Nyasaland, too, bananas do exceedingly well. 



CITRUS FRUITS, i.e. Oranges, Lemons, Limes, Citrons. 



1. The Orange. The fruit of the Citrus aurantium or Golden 

 Citrus, a rather small and round evergreen tree, growing to 

 a height of about fifteen feet ; it bears beautiful white, five- 

 petalled, wax-like flowers, each having a large number of bright- 



1 Since 1893 the export of fruit (chiefly bananas) has steadily increased, 

 until now it forms half the exports of the island 

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