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FRUIT CULTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



FRUIT IN BRINE. 



Large quantities of sound but unmarketable lemons and sour oranges 

 are packed in brine. The remarks referring to the shipment of citron 

 in brine, contained in my report published in No. Cl, Consular Reports, 

 February, 1886, are equally applicable to the packing in brine of lemons 

 and sour oranges. 



A cask of sour oranges in brine is worth here about $10 at this time. 

 Small lemons in brine are worth about $8 per cask, and good-sized ones 

 about $12. While the custom-house keeps a record of the quantity of 

 citron in brine that is annually exported, singularly enough it keeps no 

 record of the large shipments of other fruits in brine. Fresh and 

 salted fruits are included in the same figures. 



WALLACE S. JONES, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Messina, January 8, 1889. 



TABLE A. Mean annual pric 



at Messina per box of lemons and oranges for the years 

 1870 to 1886,- inclusive. 



TABLE B. Quantity and value of essences exported from Messina to the whole world during 

 the years 1870 to 1887, inclusive. 



TABLE C. Value of essences exported from Messina to the United States from 1878 to 



1887, inclusive. 



