ORANGES AND LEMONS IN PORTO RICO. 433 



this province is the great drawback to the cultivation of all fruits that 

 require to be handled with care. The climate is fine and soil very pro- 

 lific. Even in the highest points of the mountains, among the rocks, 

 the orange trees grow wild. Lemons are abundant the entire year 

 round, but the trees mostly grow without culture ; the fruit is small, 

 but very juicy. None are exported. 



EDW. CONROY, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



San Juan, Porto Rwo, January 28, 1884. 



