2 So Appendix. 



No. 36. 



In the Tropical Agriculturist of ist January, 1883, p. 591, 

 I read the following interesting note on the orange trade of 

 Great Britain, taken from the Morning Post. It says : 



" Importations of oranges in London commence in October 

 from Palermo, Valencia, West Indies, and Brazil. Real St. 

 Michael's come in later, about Christmas. It is said that the 

 St. Michael's orangeries were becoming diseased, like those 

 of the other islands of the Azores group, such as Terceira, 

 Fayal, and St. George's, which once produced a large quan- 

 tity of fruit. The great bulk of the oranges come from 

 Valencia, and other neighbouring Spanish ports perhaps 

 more than one half and the trade of these ports has been 

 constantly increasing ; also from Lisbon, Villa Real, Aviero, 

 and Oporto. Consignments also arrive from the Azores, 

 Brazil, Palermo, Malta, and other Mediterranean ports. 

 From St. Michael and Brazil oranges are separately wrapped 

 in the leaves (envelopes of the cobs) of Indian corn, while 

 those from all other places come wrapped in thin paper. 

 Blood oranges come mostly from Valencia, and a few from 

 Malta ; and the aromatic and delicious Tangerines (Man- 

 darins) from St. Michael's, and also from Lisbon. Seville 

 oranges come from the place of that name in Spain, and are 

 used extensively for making marmalade and orange wine. 

 For both these purposes, however, the Palermo ' bitters ' are 

 really better adapted. It may not be generally known that 

 the best marmalade of all is produced from the shaddock. 



"The head-quarters of the orange trade in London is 

 Pudding Street, Lower Thames Street. A package of oranges 

 contains, on an average, 400. In 1881-2 nearly a million 

 packages were landed in London. Glasgow receives a large 

 and increasing number. Bristol and Hull account for many 

 thousands of packages. In 1881-2 over two and a-half mil- 

 lions of packages were imported into Great Britain." 



