PLATE GLXXIX 



Various specimens of the Malta lemon from the Jail Garden, Etawah. 



a is typical of the spring crop, which ripens in November and December, Skin slightly 

 rough, with depressions of oil-glands. 



b is an exceptional form ; so is c. They are Dwnrez, or rain -crop fruit, which ripen in the 

 ensuing hot weather, d is the section of c. These two were plucked in the mink. 

 They were smooth and very juicy. 



e, f, and g, h were plucked from the same tree. They had few seeds. Risso mentions t)>at 

 the C. limonum vulgaris varies in form, especially in its after crop. With management 

 and proper cultivation ripe fruit may be taken from this lemon tree all the year 

 round. It fruits abundantly, and grows luxuriantly everywhere, provided the climate 

 is not too cold for it. 



