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took them on board. At the time there were no natives on 

 that island. Besides these sweet oranges, which, he said, 

 "had a tight skin, and exactly like the Colombo oranges," 

 they found on that island papayas, cocoanuts, little sour limes, 

 and little sour oranges, like kumquats, the largest of the latter 

 being about J inch in diameter. 



As in Colombo, I found several varieties of oranges, I 

 could not make out to which Mr. Vaz alluded. 



No. 34. 



In the Tropical Agriculturist of 1st June, 1883, taken from 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle, regarding the Sorrento oranges, it 

 is said that oranges and lemons are extensively cultivated at 

 Sorrento, in the South of Italy. " Land on which oranges 

 grow lets at 27 per acre. All the oranges exported are mea- 

 sured by passing them through a ring, and they only pack 

 those for export which are of tmiform size. Lemon juice was 

 sent in casks to England (I believe mixed with lime), but 

 it was intended to start a citric acid factory at Ischia." 



No. 35. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle of 26th December, 1885, p. 818, 

 further says that, " Regarding the development of the green 

 fruit trade of Sicily, it is stated that efforts have recently been 

 made to form an association to further its growth. Within 

 the last few years this traffic, which is so important to the 

 island, has suffered considerably. The fruit markets of the 

 United States, of England, and of the Adriatic have been 

 overstocked by a superabundance of oranges and lemons, 

 supplied to them from Spain and Portugal, as well as from 

 Sicily ; and in the United States this trade will eventually 

 suffer still more from the rivalry which California (and per- 

 haps Florida (E.B.) ) is creating. Success very much depends 

 on selection of the fruit, its speedy transition to its destina- 

 tion, and regularity in reaching the same, so as to avoid 



