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Oranges of the Malta type from Tanjore, South India. 



a and b are the " Bandir " orange of Tanjore, called by the English "sweet lime." It is of 

 a yellowish- orange when ripe. It is generally smooth and pitted all over with 

 large foveoli, the intermediate spaces having miliary convexities. The pulp is pale 

 orange, juicy, and of a pleasant, sweet, and sub-acid flavour. The juice-vesicles are 

 rather coarse, the centre hollow, and the seeds white when cut. 



Another specimen had thinner skin, juice very abundant and sweet, with a 

 distant soupgon of sub-acid. This is a very fine orange ; can be cut across in hal\es 

 and eaten with a spoon ; well worth propagating and disseminating. 



c and d is the so-called Spanish orange of Tanjore. It is yellow externally, slightly foveolate, 

 and covered with miliary projections. The rind has a slight scent of Lantana. The 

 pulp is darker than other Indian oranges of the same type, and deep orange ; juice 

 abundant, and very pleasant, sweet, and sub-acid ; centre solid, and seeds white 

 when cut. Both are distinctly of the Malta orange type. 



