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No. 22. 



In the Gardeners' Chronicle of 20th June, 1885, p. 793, 

 regarding the oranges of the Argentine republic, I find the 

 following : 



" The orange was originally imported into the basin of the 

 river Plate, but it soon multiplied to a great extent, and now, 

 in certain localities, grows wild, sometimes forming veritable 

 forests. The Lower Parana, and the islands which form its 

 delta, are covered with these trees. They are also found 

 more or less numerous on the islands of the Upper Parana, 

 on those of Uruguay, and sometimes even on the borders of 

 those rivers. Further up those rivers, the orange becomes 

 more frequent in the forest of Missiores, as well as those of 

 Paraguay. 



" On the lower islands of the Parana and. Uruguay, the 

 fruit is somewhat bitter and sour ; but further north, and 

 especially in the province of Corrientes, in the Missiores, and 

 in Paraguay, they are deliciously sweet and of very large 

 size. The orange is produced perfectly from the seeds, and 

 these being scattered everywhere by the parrots, which are 

 exceedingly fond of the fruit, explains the fact of its general 



dissemination The tree - (from seed) commences to 



bear fruit at the age of six years, and is in full bearing at 

 eight years. It is of very robust habit, and is perfectly proof 

 against drought and locusts, the two worst plagues of 



agriculture in the Argentine Republic The lemon is 



grown all over the republic, and is very prolific, not merely 

 producing two crops per annum, but maturing a continual 

 succession of crops." 



No. 23. 



In the same number of the periodical above named, p. 791, 

 there is a note on the oranges of Jamaica. In 1875, 

 4,673,820 oranges were exported from Jamaica to the United 

 States. In 1884, 41,639,500 were exported. 



