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 Sorts of Lemons recommended. 



Lisbon or Portugal Lemon. Fruit of medium size and 

 fairly uniform, rind smoothly grained, not bitter, pulp 

 juicy and briskly acid, seeds few, keeps well, and is avail- 

 able longer than any other sort. Tree rather large, strong 

 growing, fruitful, very thorny when young. 



Sicilian. Medium size, rind smooth, thin, dense and 

 tough, not bitter, membranes thin, pulp juicy, strongly 

 acid, fragrant, tree prolific. 



Villa 'Franca. Fruit medium, pointed oblong, rind thin, 

 not bitter, pulp juicy and strongly acid, seeds feAV. Tree 

 hardy, spreading, somewhat drooping, nearly thornless. One 

 of the finest lemons known. Keeps well. 



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THE CITEON. 



The Citron is as large a tree as the Bigarrade or Bitter 

 Seville orange, and is even handsomer in appearance. It 

 is very hardy, and will do well throughout the whole 

 region which we have termed the orange belt. The flowers 

 are large and purplish on the outside. The fruit is oblong 

 and rather clumsy in appearance, frequently growing very 

 large and weighing as much as three or four pounds. The 

 skin of the fruit, when fit for plucking is of a beautiful 

 waxy green tint which, if left upon the tree turns ulti- 

 mately to a bright clear yellow. There is a very consider- 

 able thickness of rind within, which is coarse and only 

 slightly bitter. The subacid pulp is useless. It is the 

 rind alone which gives value to the fruit, being prepared 

 as a confectionery sweetmeat, by the process known as 

 candying. The considerable imports of candied citron peel 

 into this Colony show veiy plainly that a citron grove 

 would pay a good return for outlay and labour, for there is 

 now no lack of manufacturing confectioners here who know 

 how to turn it to the best account. The tree comes fairly 

 true from seed, but should be budded from first-class 

 selected varieties upon the bitter Seville stock to ensure 

 hardiness. 



