68 FRUITS 



grading and packing of these for export. It is one of the 

 ambitions of this province to be an extensive exporter of 

 oranges and other citrus fruits, and both climate and soil 

 seem to justify the ambition. Natal (on the coastal plain and 

 also in the midlands), the Transvaal (especially in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Pretoria), Nyasaland, Southern Rhodesia, and 

 Kenya Colony (especially at Changamwe, about six miles 

 or so from Mombasa), all grow considerable quantities of 

 oranges, and their number could be greatly increased. 



Not only South Africa but probably Australia will send us 

 large supplies of oranges in the future. In New South Wales 

 about sixteen miles from Sydney are the famous Paramatta 

 Groves, where in the season every second man, woman, or 

 child you meet is eating oranges. In October enormous 

 quantities are sent down to Sydney. The Hawkesbury Valley, 

 too, is famous, and many other places, especially the Murrum- 

 bidgee Irrigation District, which of late years has begun to 

 grow oranges on a large scale for export. 



In South Australia (especially in the neighbourhood of 

 Adelaide), in Victoria (in the Goulburn Valley), and in Western 

 Australia (near Brisselton), oranges are extensively cultivated, 

 while in Queensland not only are there many beautiful groves 

 already in existence, but on the coastal plain there are thou- 

 sands of acres suitable for cultivation which are not yet 

 utilized. The rainfall here is sufficient without irrigation, and 

 there are never any frosts to check the growth of the trees, 

 so that this one state alone, it is estimated, might supply 

 all our needs. 



As the seasons south of the Equator occur at different times 

 from those in the Northern Hemisphere, the produce of the 

 Australian and South African groves is available when no 

 fruit is forthcoming from other countries. 



2. The Lemon (Citrus limonum). This is a smaller and less 

 robust tree than the orange ; sometimes, indeed, it is not much 

 more than a bush. The flowers are similar to those of the 

 orange, but they are smaller, and their petals are pinkish 



