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From the foregoing, it may be inferred that the oranges 

 rather enjoy a drier climate than the mandarins, whilst the 

 latter show themselves to be adapted to grow and fruit in 

 damp rainy climate, under the so-called warm temperate rain- 

 forest climate. 



Thfe citrous fruits of Omote-Nippon are said to be much 

 superior in all respects to those of Ura-Nippon. The growing 

 centres are located in the north-western part of Kit, and in 

 Izumi, and the neighboring provinces, in south Japan. Here 

 the mandarins are planted on steep hills in terraces. The 

 terraces are supported with stone blocks piled up like a stone 

 wall. The growing of citrous fruits is an important branch of 

 ouf fruit industry. Its acreage is shown in the following table. 



1901 1902 1905 



Prefectures Citrous Mandarins Citrous Mandarins Citrous Mandarins 

 Fruits (Unshu) Fruits (Unshu) Fruits (Unshu) 

 cho cho cho cho cho cho 



Wak^yama 3487 1862 3432 1745 3521 1997 



Osaka 1216 1173 1255 1209 1296 1246 



Oita 438 363 300 230 517 437 



Kana?awa 505 348 666 494 662 509 



Kumamoto 573 113 651 166 — — 



Aichi 311 293 368 350 490 464 



Yehime 321 183 373 224 398 235 



Yamaguchi 489 21 509 23 532 32 



Kagoshima 459 — 459 — 459 — 



Kyoto 246 141. 260 156 264 157 



Nara 211 170 235 182 261 200 



Shizuoka 200 113 169 105 219 104 



Hyogo 181 127 192 135 206 140 



Tokushima 186 65 213 128 238 151 



Formosa 244 — 259 — , — — 



Miye 157 44 166 50 178 S4 



Gifu 97 76 99 78 108 86 



