158 Oranges and Lemons of India. 



in towns adjacent to our territory They are bought 

 by koonjras y kbhars, and other dealers, and by them 

 taken to Goruckpore, Bustee, Fyzabad, Benares, &c. 



" Dr. Cameron's mali in Gonda, says that this 

 orange is called suntowrea, and that it is grown at 

 Bootwal, and there alone. 



" I met a havildar of the ist Goorkha regiment. 

 He confirms what I told you about the suntolak 

 orange. It grows wild in the hills, and not in the 

 plains of Nepal, the Rap tee valley, &c. By cultiva- 

 tion, the orange becomes sweeter, bigger, and has a 

 thinner skin, otherwise the wild and cultivated oranges 



are one." 



This small sweet suntolah, orange from " Boot- 

 wal," was hardly known beyond Goruckpore some 

 time ago, but now, since the railway has been opened 

 north of the Ghagra, this curious little wild, and very 

 sweet orange, averaging about 6J inches in girth, has 

 found its way to Benares, and no doubt, in time it 

 will reach other places. Kumaon also, has some local 

 trade in oranges. 



Next to Sylhet, and its vicinity, the largest centre 

 of orange trade is Nagpore and its surroundings, in 

 the Central Provinces. Mr. J. B. Fuller, states that 

 "this orange is the great speciality of the black soil 

 country in the fruit line." 



In my opinion the Nagpore orange is the best 

 flavoured of all the suntara type of oranges, and Mr. 

 Fuller thinks it is " decidedly the best of any which 

 he has tasted in India." That from Bootwal is sweeter, 

 but many think it is too sweet, and that a mixture of 

 sweetness with sufficient acid to make an agreeable 

 flavour, such as that of the Nagpore orange, is pre- 

 ferable. The Bombay market is largely supplied with 

 oranges from the Central Provinces, and there is 



