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sherbetee nimboo, or sweet lemons. Although this can 

 be grown in other places, I do not think it is so well 

 flavoured. Lucknow might make a speciality of its 

 fine large behari nimboo, and its kaghzi kalan. 

 In this locality also grow well the seedling Sylhet 

 orange, and fazpaenbag/i orange of the Malta type. 

 And Lahore has its pretty pear-shaped karna. 



The large sour and juicy lemon, called gulgul, 

 grows well in the Punjab, Kumaon, Saharunpore, 

 and on the borders of Nepal, and would probably 

 grow well in many other places, as I saw it growing 

 well in Benares. Finally, the Malta lemon and the 

 different varieties of true limes appear to grow well 

 all over India ; and as they are very useful, both medi- 

 cinally and for various domestic purposes, it would be 

 a great advantage to grow them, not only in every 

 city and large town, but in every village in every part 

 of India. 



By restricting the varieties to be grown on a large 

 scale, to those most suited to a particular locality, a 

 race of growers would be trained, who would 

 thoroughly understand the wants of that particular 

 variety, and would grow up from their childhood 

 thoroughly conversant with the best mode of dealing 

 with it, both with regard to pruning, propagating, and 

 cultivating it generally ; and the best mode of packing 

 and keeping its fruit for a long time. The secret of 

 profit is to watch the markets and not flood them with 

 all kinds at the same time, as natives often do. 



Then for carrying the oranges, lemons, &c., from 

 place to place, quick steamers are wanted, good coal 

 in India for the return journey, and refrigerators. 

 Perhaps petroleum fuel may yet be cheap enough to 

 be used extensively as a fuel. Then as Indian wheat 

 competes favourably, in the European market, with 



