FRUITS 



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There are two kinds of almonds bitter and sweet. The 

 latter are the ones usually eaten for dessert ; they are larger 

 than the bitter ones. Almond oil is made chiefly from bitter 

 almonds ; it is a pale yellow fluid. 



Spain, Morocco, Italy, Portugal, and France supply us at 

 present with most of our almonds, though we do buy even now 

 a certain amount from British possessions. 



In the fruit-growing districts of Victoria almond trees 

 abound, and on the coastal tablelands of Queensland they do 

 well. 



SUMMARY. Thus, although we still import the bulk of our 

 supplies from foreign countries, there is an increasing produc- 

 tion of all kinds of fruit in our own Dominions ; especially 

 is this the case with regard to apples, bananas, pineapples, 

 citrus fruits, raisins and currants, and various kinds of dried 

 and tinned fruits, so that there seems every reason to hope 

 that, year by year, larger quantities of fruit will reach us from 

 Canada, the West Indies, South Africa, and Australia. 



SUMMARY. Fruit. 



