516 FRUIT CULTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



In the warehouse good lemons are placed in flat lots 1.30 meters 

 high, where they are allowed to remain from five to eight days, in order 

 to determine their strength, at the end of which any decayed or dam- 

 aged lemons which may be found are picked out. This is not, however, 

 general, especially when the producer of the fruit is not the shipper and 

 has no interest in the shipment thereof. It is only done in cases where 

 the shipper has purchased the fruit orthe producer ships it on his own 

 account. 



In the warehouse, near the gardens, the lemons are wrapped with 

 tissue-paper, placed in boxes, the interior of which is lined with paper 

 of the same kind. The boxes so prepared are carried into the city ware- 

 house, where the lemons are taken out of the boxes and a new assort- 

 ment made, and in order to ship them the above operation is repeated. 



Should the boxes not be promptly shipped for any cause, and remain 

 in the warehouse some time, then it is in the interest of the person on 

 whose account the fruit is to be shipped to assort them, in order to as- 

 certain if there are any damaged fruits among them. 



The fruit is shipped in boxes of the following dimensions, viz : 



Centimeters. 



Breadth 29 



Height 42 



Length 81 



The number of lemons which each box contains depends on their size, 

 and in order to be exact the fruit is divided into four categories, as fol- 

 lows, viz : 200 if of the first category, 240 if of the second category, 

 360 if of the third category, 420 if of the fourth category. 



Boxes are divided into two compartments, each containing half the 

 number stated above, placed as follows, viz : 



First category, in 4 strata, 25 per stratum ; second category, in 4 

 strata, 30 per stratum ; third category, in 5 strata, 36 per stratum ; 

 fourth category, in 5 strata, 42 per stratum. 



PHILIP CARROLL, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Palermo, March 7, 1890. 



SICILY. 

 REPORT BY CONSUL LAMANTIA, OF CATANIA. 



Varieties. The names of the best varieties of oranges for profit are: 

 The common orange (a round fruit) ; thecalabrese (a long-keeping fruit); 

 the sanguigno (a blood-red orange) ; tfye oval (a late, sweet, and good 

 keeping); the mandarino (mandarine, the largest one). 



