CHAP. II. DESSERT FRUITS. 225 



Any tree had better be spared from the garden than the 

 Pumelo. Its fine foliage, the large and fragrant flowers it bears 

 in February, and the noble fruit hanging from its boughs long 

 afterwards, render it a truly ornamental object. 



Citrus Japonica. 



KUMQUAT OTAHEITE ORANGE* 



A small tree, native of China, of recent introduction into India. 

 The fruit resembles a diminutive Orange^ about the size of a 

 Lichee, and is produced in great profusion during the Cold 

 months, rendering the tree upon which it is borne an exceedingly 

 ornamental object to the garden. A very fine preserve is made 

 from it by the Chinese 4 It may be propagated by layers or seed. 

 But Mr. Fortune observes^ " in order to succeed with it as well 

 as the Chinese do, one little fact should be kept in view, viz., that 

 all the plants of the Orange tribe which bear fruit in a small 

 state are grafted," * 



Citrus acida, 

 LIME. 



Neeboo. 



Of the Lime there are several varieties* but it is hardly worth 

 while, especially where the Lemon is also cultivated, to allow 

 room for more than two or three of them in the garden. The 

 trees are the least ornamental, and the flowers the meanest and 

 least possessed of scent of any of the Citrus genus. 



1. Pdtee: a small round fruit, esteemed by the natives 

 highest of any. 



2. Kaghuzee : of the size and form of a hen's egg ; ripens of a 

 pale lemon colour, the one perhaps in most general cultivation 

 of all. 



3. Gora : a small oval fruit, much cultivated. 



4. Cheenee Gora: a sub- variety of the previous one, and 

 reckoned superior to it ; of the size of a large Orange, thin- 

 skinned and fine-flavoured. 



5. Kamuralee : a large handsome fruit, of pale lemon colour, 

 and of about the size of a Cocoa-nut. 



* Tea Districts,' p. 123. 



