454 FKUIT CULTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



iuches in diameter. It has fourteen to fifteen litlis ; seeds few, or some- 

 times none ; embryo one iu 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. Enarchiug on to 

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

 irrigation when the rain-fall is below 4 iuches 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 iu the service of the local prince 

 about thirty-five years ago. 



G. Marshall Woodeow. 



PooNA, 2Iarch 3, 1890. 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



EBPORT BY CONSUL WEBB, OF MAIflLA. 



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, briug 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 iu 

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

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

 there is not 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 aud lemons are found 

 here: 



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

 bles somewhat the ordinary Japanese orange, but is inferior iu 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 2^ iuches in 

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



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

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

 clings tenaciously together and is difticult to separate from the skin 

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



