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Burma. There is no reason why Ceylon should not 

 supply Bombay and Calcutta with this delicate 

 orange. It has only to be made known for a demand 

 to grow up. 



The khatta orange is mainly utilized for its seeds. 

 They are sown in most places for the purpose of rais- 

 ing young stock to bud on. It appears, however, 

 that seedlings of the sweet lemon ought to replace 

 it for budding sweet varieties on. 



There now remain the pummelos, citrons, limes, 

 and lemons. 



The best pummelos I have seen are the thin- 

 skinned red pummelos of Bombay. They come in 

 about Christmas, are juicy, and of the colour of raw 

 beef internally, and of globose shape. There is no 

 reason why this fine kind should not be extensively 

 grown. All the other varieties of pummelo I have 

 seen in India and Ceylon are not to be compared with 

 this, and hardly worth propagating to any extent. 



The citrons are very little used, except for medi- 

 cinal purposes. On the western coast of India they 

 have many large varieties, and at Mangalore they eat 

 the thick sweet skin after peeling off the bitter rind. 

 In Lucknow and in Rampur, Rohilcund, and other 

 places, they make a preserve of the thick skin of the 

 citron, which they call turunj. All the citrons, 

 both sweet and sour, have a dry pulp. 



From the borders of Nepal I received a citron-like 

 khatta orange, of the size of a small jack-fruit, 

 with a girth of 24 inches, 10 inches long and 7^ inches 

 diameter. There it is called rus kankur, kat- 

 thairee nimboo, or beora. It had no seeds, a pale 

 sour pulp, and a thick sweet skin, which is the only 

 part eaten. These specimens were sent to me by 

 Major Buller. Mr. Hein, of the Lahore Government 



