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Bubicans (Cayonere, M<irvaHtetta, Rouget, Fioiigette). An excellent 

 and popular French variety with large, reddish-purple, roundish-oval 

 fruit. Hardy, prolific, and bears regularly. Makes a good oil, and 

 well suited for pickling. 



B ubra Caillon. A French variety with jet black, small, oval fruit 

 about half-an-inch in length. Hardy, very prolific, and comes into 

 bearing at an early age. Fruit ripens early, and yields a good oil. 



Uvaria. A variety of unknown origin with dark purple, oval fruit, 

 rounded at both ends, and about three-quarters of an inch long. The 

 fruit is borne in Grape-like bunches, and the name is, therefore, very 

 appropriate. Prolific, makes a good oil, and suitable for pickling. 



Vfiral Bhti,c,o (Blanquette) An excellent Spanish variety with red, 

 roundish ovate fruit about three-quarters of an inch long. Makes a 

 first-class oil, and well suited for pickling. 



Varal Negro (Alameno, Cat/on, Xasies). A Spanish variety with 

 violet-black, roundish-ovate fruit about an inch long. Yields a large 

 proportion of rich oil . Tree very prolific, bears early, and does not 

 attain a large size. 



Variegata (Marbree, Pigale, Pigan}. A very popular and widely 

 cultivated French variety. Fruit purple, with white dots, oval, 

 albout an inch long. Makes an excellent oil, and well suited for 

 pickling. 



Verdigo (Verdal, Verddu, Verdial). An excellent Spanish variety 

 with violet-black, nearly round, but pointed, fruit about an inch in 

 length. Hardy, prolific, ripens early, makes a first-class oil, and well 

 suited for pickling. 



ORANGE 



AND OTHER SPECIES OF THE 

 CITRUS FAMILY. 



Among the many valuable fruits that arc cultivated in the Austra- 

 lasian colonies, none hold a higher position than the Citrus family. 

 Fruit of this family is more generally popular than any other kind, 

 and its use is common in all civilized parts of the world. Oranges 

 are enjoyed by those who are suffering from sickness as well as by 

 people in robust health, and very frequently they are the only fruit 

 which can be used by the sufferers from disease. Fruit of this family 

 will keep on the trees after it is ripe for a longer period than any 

 other kind, and will bear carriage better. It is also less liable to 

 injury from storms and changes of weather than most other fruits, 

 and, owing' to the thickness of the rind and the aromatic oil it 

 contains, it suffers Jess from the attacks of birds and insects. Oranges 

 are more or less in season all the year round, and no other fruit has 

 the same advantages in this respect. Trees of the Citrus family also 



