1 68 Oranges and Lemons of India. 



Garden, sent me a smaller specimen of this same 

 variety, which he says is there called gulguL 



The limes are the most used. They are to be 

 found everywhere, and where no other Citrus is found 

 some kind of lime is sure to be found. Nevertheless, 

 it is astonishing that so common a thing, so useful a 

 fruit, and a tree so easily raised from seed, is not to be 

 found in villages of the N. W. Provinces. There is 

 not a village in the whole of India, perhaps, where the 

 kaghzi nimboo would not readily grow. 



A large and profitable trade might be made from 

 the sweet lemons. They are much appreciated by 

 natives, and fetch a good price. They call them 

 sherbetee, or mitha nimboo, and also amrutphal. 

 The best flavoured sorts are grown in dry climates, 

 such as those of Mooltan and Muscat. Bombay 

 is supplied with this mitha nimboo, both from Nag- 

 pore and from Muscat. From the latter place two 

 sorts are imported. A round one, of the size of the 

 Indian sweet lemon, and a large pear-shaped one. 

 (Vide plate 195, fig. c.) These sweet lemons are well 

 worth the attention of any one desirous of growing 

 fruit for profit. Natives appear to prefer them to any 

 other kind of Citrus, and give a higher price for them. 

 To the European palate, however, the total absence of 

 a sub-acid is a disqualification, though certainly not in 

 the opinion of all. 



The sour lemons, finally, may be divided into 

 bajouras, a sort of citron-lemons, with a good deal 

 of sour juice in them ; lemons proper ; and a group of 

 Citrus known by the name of gungolee and behari 

 lemons. 



Neither of these have I seen in any market except 

 that of Pondicherry. They have there a lemon which 

 appears like the Malta lemon, but smaller. The 



