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and the Jaffa. The Seville, or bitter orange, is rather darker 

 in colour than the other kinds and larger, though the tree which 

 bears it is smaller. The Tangerine is a small orange broader 

 than it is long, with the rind loosely attached to the fruit. 



SOURCES OF SUPPLY. In 1915 we bought over six million 

 hundredweight of oranges, of which considerably over five 

 million hundredweight came from Spain and Italy. The 



TANGERINE ORANGE 



United States and Asiatic Turkey also sent us large quantities, 

 and the rest came from countries in our own empire, chiefly 

 from the West Indies and South Africa. 



In nearly all the British West Indies oranges are abundant, 

 but in Jamaica they grow luxuriantly, without cultivation, 

 in almost every part of the island, and they form an important 

 article of export. 



In South Africa, the Cape Province grows excellent oranges, 

 especially near Fort Beaufort, and great care is taken in the 



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