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The true " Mussembi " oranges of the Bombay market. These come from 

 Zanzibar, and " Mussembi is evidently a corruption of Mozambique, It is also called 

 Malta orange in Bombay. 



Most of the specimens are ovoid or egg-oranges, like a, b, c, g, and i, but round 

 forms like d are also found. They are orange-yellow, and foveolate all over. The 

 skin is thin and some are seedless. When quite ripe they are very sweet. Those 

 who know this orange in Zanzibar say it is much better than the Malta or Spanish 

 orange, that is oranges of the same type grown in Malta and Spain. 



d resembled the Sicily orange. 



e is the section of a, f is the section of b, g and i were of a deep orange colour, h is the 

 section of g. Both these had many seeds. In two others I found only three seeds, 

 and a was seedless. In this variety the juice-vesicles were attached also a little 

 way np the sides of the pulp carpels. 



