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which promise to prove valuable additions to our stock of citrus fruit. 

 Other varieties are expected, such as the Sumtalah, which is sweet 

 when even green, and grows wild in the hot, humid part of India, 

 extending between the foot of the Himalayas and the Ganges. 

 The Keonla, which long after the oranges have been gathered, 

 hangs on the tree ; and the Mussembi, which it is said can be left 

 to hang on the tree for a whole year. 



KUMQUAT (Citrus Japonica). 



Are very hardy and prolific and bushy. Two varieties are 

 grown a round and an oval-shaped fruit ; small, about the size of a 

 large gooseberry ; rind sweet and smooth, yellow, thick ; high 

 scented ; pulp acid ; many seeds. When quartered and boiled 

 with sugar makes excellent preserves ; steeped in spirits constitute 

 very good bitters. Apart from its economic value, the Kumquat 

 is well worth cultivation in gardens for its ornamental appearance. 



THE POMELO (Citrus decumana), 



Also called shaddock, and in the United States of America 

 grape fruit. Tree vigorous and resistant. Several varieties are 

 grown, weighing from lib. to 121bs. each. Some of the smaller 

 varieties, with a fairly thin rind and oblong, which are imported 

 from Singapore, are the best, The larger sorts with a thick, 

 spongy rind are much esteemed for making into preserves and for 

 candying. The pulp is regarded as very wholesome and refresh- 

 ing, and possessing valuable tonic properties. Large quantities are 

 exported from Jamaica to the United States, and its cultivation is 

 regarded as quite as profitable as that of the orange. 



THE LEMON. 



Does not withstand low temperatures as well as the Pomelo, 

 Mandarin, and the Sweet Orange. A temperature of 2 C. 

 (28'5 F. of frost) if at all prolonged and if the thawing is rapid, 

 will hurt it ; whereas oranges will withstand 3 C. (26 '5 F.). The 

 lemon will stand more prolonged drought than the orange. The 

 autumn-picked lemons cure and keep best, and may be stored until 

 the spring. 



VILLA FRANCA (Europe, Fig. 1). A summer-bearing lemon, 

 sets to fruit early. Tree almost thornless, branches spreading and 

 somewhat drooping, leaves long and pointed; foliage abundant to pro- 

 tect the fruit from the sun ; said to withstand a lower temperature than 

 other varieties. Fruit of medium size, considered to be one of the finest 



