1 70 Oranges and Lemons of India. 



carried in a short space of time. There is probably no 

 part of India, from the Himalayas to Ceylon, and 

 from Sylhet and Bhootan to Sindh and Bombay, 

 where either one variety or another might not be 

 largely and profitably grown. 



As I have shown in the case of the Mandarin and 

 Malta oranges, every soil and every climate will not 

 suit all oranges. This is a great advantage, as every 

 soil and climate would create a speciality of one or 

 two varieties of citrus, which would be best suited to 

 that locality. In this way the varieties would not 

 compete with each other and flood the markets with 

 the same kind, at the same time. I may here sketch 

 a sort of geographical distribution of the various kinds 

 of citrus which now find favour with the public, and 

 of others which should be more widely known ; but of 

 course this sketch is very imperfect. 



Gujranwala and Jaunpore might grow, with advan- 

 tage, the late blood and other Malta oranges; Kumaon 

 its " Bagheshwar " orange ; Nepal its sweet little sun- 

 tolah orange, and the little known Nepal lemon ; 

 Bhootan and the Eastern hills, the kamla lemboo ; 

 Delhi, Nagpore, and Ceylon their own fine special 

 suntara. That of Ceylon is the green orange, which 

 travels so well. Bengal, Ceylon, and West Coast of 

 South India and Burma might probably grow the 

 delicate mandarin. Tanjore might largely grow its 

 fine bandir ; Aurungabad, Deccan, its fine warty-red 

 keonla. Poona might make a speciality of, and im- 

 prove its flat laroo, a kind of keonla, and of its 

 furrowed mussemfo, one of the Malta type. Bombay, 

 or wherever it is grown, would do a service if it made 

 a speciality of its fine thin-skinned and red juicy round 

 pummelo, and supplied half India with it. From 

 Mooltan and Sindh would come the best flavoured 



