1 1 2 Oranges and Lemons of India. 



in those on C. Their foliage is of a deeper green, and 

 more healthy-looking, but the yield of fruit on all plots 

 appears to be the same, both in quantity and size. 



" Of the oranges, the Maltas have made least growth 

 on all the plots, but the trees are more healthy and 

 better developed on C than on the other plots. They 

 have also yielded the best fruit. In point of general 

 success, the second place, in the case of the oranges, is 

 held by D plot. 



" On the whole the result very clearly demonstrates 

 the beneficial effect of subsoil drainage, and also of 

 trenching, both for oranges and limes, and the fact that 

 both having made good growth and fruited well when 

 planted on pure demolition mortar, affords, I think, 

 strong evidence that the tribe they represent appreciates 

 an open free medium for their roots, and also a good 

 amount of lime in their soil. 



" Next, if not of equal importance for the successful 

 growth of the orange tribe, is shelter. In the Azores, 

 the groves are said to be surrounded by high walls and 

 lines of trees, while guava and other fruit trees are 

 grown among the orange trees to afford shelter and 

 protection from the strong sea breezes. In Spain, too, 

 it appears, the orange plantations are chiefly placed in 

 sheltered valleys. 



" This question of shelter, for not only orange but all 

 fruit trees generally, is not, I fear, sufficiently attended 

 to in Northern India. The strong, hot and dry west 

 winds which prevail during May and June, act very in- 

 juriously on vegetation in general. They are, how- 

 ever, particularly hurtful to trees carrying a crop of 

 young fruit, which all the citrus tribe do at that season. 

 In Upper India, shelter is chiefly wanted on the west 

 side. In the case of small gardens, a single or double 

 row of guavas might be planted on that side. The 



