454 FRUIT CULTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



inches in diameter. It has fourteen to fifteen liths ; seedd few, or some- 

 times none ; embryo one in each seed. The tree thrives in a hot, moist 

 climate and needs the strongest of nitrogenous manures. Near Bom- 

 bay slaughter-house* offal is freely given as manure. Enarching on to 

 a seedling Pnmalo is the means employed for propagation, and regular 

 irrigation when the rain-fall is below 4 inches per month is provided. 



Publications. Government of India does not publish prices and sta- 

 tistics of fruit. The Magpur cultivation of the orange, which is by far 

 the most considerable in the country, was initiated by a Scottish gar- 

 dener named Thompson, who was in the service of the local prince 

 about thirty -five years ago. 



G. MARSHALL WOODROW. 



POONA, March 3, 1890. 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 







REPORT BY CONSUL WEBB, OF MANILA.. 



As stated in a previous report, horticulture is in a very backward 

 condition in the Philippine Archipelago, and, while there are five varie- 

 ties of oranges and four of lemons found here, they are not cultivated 

 to an extent that would create a demand for them for export. The na- 

 tive women, who find the trees growing wild in the jungles or encour- 

 age a few to grow around their huts, bring the fruit to the cities and 

 towns, selling it about the streets and markets ; but there are no care- 

 fully kept orange or lemon groves, as in other orange-producing coun- 

 tries, and no interest whatever is manifested by the Europeans here in 

 the cultivation of the fruit. The results of this indifference and neglect 

 are apparent, as the fruit is of a very inferior quality. I am quite sure 

 there is n<5t a native orange or lemon to be found that would compare 

 at all favorably with the ordinary products of Florida and California. 

 When fit to eat the skin is green and has the appearance of just begin- 

 ning to ripen, and when it reaches the orange color the pulp is either 

 perfectly dry and tasteless or decayed and unfit to eat. When the 

 pulp is sweet and juicy the skin is usually a deep green. 



Varieties. The following varieties of oranges and lemons a^e found 

 here: 



Citrus Aurantium known to the natives as the " IS aranjita." It resem- 

 bles somewhat the ordinary Japanese orange, but is inferior in flavor; 

 the pulp is of a rich, pinkish color, separates readily, and when ripe is 

 quite juicy. It usually measures at maturity about 2 to 2J inches in 

 diameter and is slightly flattened at the stem and bud ends. 



Citrus Aurantium, known to the natives as the " Cajel ; n it is the 

 juiciest and most palatable variety found. It has a yellow pulp which 

 clings tenaciously together and is difficult to separate from the skin 

 and the fruit is, therefore, never peeled for the table. The only method 



