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CHAPTER XII. 



THE USES AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OF THE CITRUS. 



EVERYBODY is acquainted with the ordinary domestic 

 uses of the orange, lemon, and lime. The charming 

 combination of sweet and sub-acid in a good orange 

 is known to most people. The acid, however, should 

 only be sufficient. The riper and sweeter the orange 

 is, the nicer is the proportion of sweet and sub-acid. 

 The small suntola orange of Butwal, perhaps, is the 

 sweetest of that type of orange. In Malta there is an 

 acidless variety of the Malta orange, which is quite free 

 from acid from beginning to end. It occupies the 

 same position among oranges, as the sweet lemon, 

 or sherbetee occupies among lemons, and the madh- 

 kakree among citrons. The sweet lemon, though 

 acidless, is a great favourite among natives, and they 

 give a better price for it than they generally do for 

 oranges. Varieties of sour-sweet oranges which give 

 a large Dumrez crop, are worthy of selection and pro- 

 pagation, on account of this very useful and profitable 

 late crop. It ripens in the hot weather, when a juicy, 

 sour-sweet orange becomes a luxury indeed. All 

 those varieties of lemons and limes which give a 

 heavy Dumrez crop are also very useful and profitable, 

 as such late lemons and limes would be invaluable in 

 the hot weather. The sadaphal, a tasteless, and there- 

 fore useless citrus, flowers and fruits all the year 



