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no doubt that India, with its numerous varieties of 

 sour citrus, could supply its internal trade all the 

 year round. To effect this, cheap and quick railway 

 transit for fruit is needed. A waggon or two for fruit 

 might perhaps be attached to mail trains, and fruit 

 carried at the cheapest goods rates. Thus convenience 

 and advantage to everybody might be the result. 

 There is also no reason why in each passenger train 

 fruit sellers should not have a stall in one of the third- 

 class compartments, wired in to prevent stealing. In 

 my opinion enough sensible use is not made of pas- 

 senger trains. 



The following will show to what distance fresh fruit 

 can be carried, provided it is sound and carefully 

 packed. In the Gardeners Chronicle, of March 6th, 

 1886, p. 306, under the head of "Fruit from the 

 Cape," the following occurs : " Messrs. Webber and 

 Co., of Covent Garden, last week received a small 

 consignment of pears Louis Bon and Beurre Super- 

 fin in splendid condition, after a voyage of 8,000 

 miles. They anticipate in the future from the same 

 source a regular supply of various sorts throughout the 

 spring months." 



Then, during the Colonial Exhibition in London, it 

 is stated that from Australia, apples, pears, oranges, 

 grapes, &c., &c., arrived in excellent order in London 

 weekly. 



From an experiment I have myself made, I found 

 that the kbnda narun of Ceylon stood a long journey 

 very well, even packed in a very rough way. 



Finally, some lemons sent to me from Mr. Stalkartt's 

 garden in Calcutta stood the following journey perfectly. 

 First they were sent to me in Etawah ; I examined 

 them, repacked them, and sent them all the way to 

 Bangalore, via Bombay and Madras. 



