1 62 Oranges and Lemons of India. 



Although all these oranges are of the suntara type, 

 they are different varieties. The Sylhet orange raised 

 from seed does remarkably well in Lucknow, while 

 that of Delhi does very badly there. Of two Nagpore 

 varieties, one does fairly in Lucknow, the other pro- 

 duces nothing. 



We have then the Sylhet orange, kamla lemboo, 

 the Bhootan orange, the Bootwal, or suntolah, or 

 suntowrea orange, the Nagpore orange, and the sintra 

 orange of Delhi, all varieties of the one type of orange, 

 the suntara of moderns. 



This type of orange is found in many other parts of 

 India, and also in Ceylon. In Lahore a pretty pear- 

 shaped variety is grown under the name of karna 

 or sungtara. In Mooltan another round variety is 

 also called sungtara. A variety grown in Poona is 

 called suntara. In the Shevarays another curious 

 variety of the same type goes by the name of 

 "Country orange." In Yercaud it is given the native 

 name of kolinje, and about Madras, kitchlee. This 

 information I obtained from Dr. G. Shortt, who 

 very kindly sent me a specimen of this interest- 

 ing " Country orange." I was informed that in 

 Canarese the orange is called kitle hannoo. The 

 Western Coast of India, South of Goa, is supplied 

 from Coorg with an orange of the suntara type. In 

 Ceylon they have a konda ndrun, almost an exact copy 

 of the Nagpore orange, although of a different variety; 

 and a larger variety called there jaw a ndrun. 

 In Kandy the latter is smooth, but in Colombo 

 I found some sub-warty, with a more pronounced 

 pear-shapedness. Somehow these suntara oranges of 

 Ceylon have got the name of mandarin oranges. 

 None of the above, however, is true mandarin -, 

 although the latter is allied to the suntara type of 



