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from 11b. to 12lbs. 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 refreshing, and possessing valuable tonic pro- 
perties. Large quantities are exported from Jamaica to the United 
States, and its cultivation is regarded as quite as profitable as that 
of the orange. 
TRIUMPH.—Slightly flattened at the base and apex. Size 3Yin. 
x 4in.; light yellow, smooth rind, not so bitter as other sorts, fairly 
sweet, juicy. 
MarsH’s.—Seedless, oblate roundish, 3in. x 4Yin., light yellow, 
sections thirteen; flesh greyish green; bitterness not strongly 
marked; acidity and sweetness medium; seeds absent, or very few. 
The Pomelo or Grape Fruit should be allowed to get thoroughly 
ripe on the tree to attain its full flavour. The tree when budded, 
either in the sour orange or the rough lemon stock, is a vigorous 
grower, and very prclific. This fruit does particularly well in 
Florida, which has a climate much like that of our tropical provinces 
of Kimberley, where I have seen very fine pomeloes growing. 
Thousands of acres of grape fruit are cultivated in Jamaica, Porto 
Rico, Cuba, California, and Florida. In the latter State the area 
under this fruit is greater than the total area of all sort of citrus 
fruits in Australia. The fruit always meets a ready market all 
through America. In Queensland the returns from the few grape- 
fruit trees is said to vary from £2 to £6 per tree. The fruit carries 
and keeps well. 
Directions for Eating Grape Fruit—Do not peel; with a sharp 
knife cut transversely; cut out the seed centres; cut round the pulp 
next the skin, loosening and dividing neatly; sugar; leave in these 
natural (slightly bitter) cups for several hours; eat it thence with 
a spoon. The taste, a wonderful blend of slight bitterness, acidity 
and sweetness, is very pleasant. The fruit has great digestive and 
tonic virtues. 
THe Lemon (C. limonum). 
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. 
Vitus 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 
