CHAPTER XII. 

 THE LEMONS. 



Fig-. 11, 



Flowers of Villafranca Lemon, 

 natural size. 



The lemons were 

 probably introduced 

 into Europe about 

 the same time as 

 the sweet orange. 

 Numbers of them 

 are described by 

 Ferrari, Volckamer, 

 Commelyn, Sickler 

 and other writers. 

 As a commercial in- 

 dustry, lemon cul- 

 ture assumed very 

 considerable pro 

 portions in Sicily, 

 Corsica, Genoa, and 

 other parts of south- 

 ern Europe many 

 years ago. Most of 

 the world's markets 

 have been supplied 

 with these lemons, 

 even up to within 

 very recent years. 

 There has beefi no 

 falling off in their 

 culture and the 

 European markets 

 are still supplied 

 from the same dis- 

 tricts. There has 

 been a con- 

 eiderable decrease 

 in the amount of 



