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fine grain, sweet rind, very juicy and briskly acid; very few seeds; 
a good keeper; can be picked at any time of the year. There are 
several sub-varieties of the Lisbon, such as the “thornless” and 
the “variegated,” differing from the parent to the extent their 
names imply. When allowed to ripen on the tree the rind thickens, 
and the fruit is coarser. 
Stcrnan (Fig. 3).—Rounder than the Lisbon, which it other- 
wise resembles. Tree almost thornless and prolific; an early bearer, 
and a good market lemon. 
THE LIME (C. limetia). 
The most tender of the citrus tribe, as it is always 
growing. Does not stand frost and is best suited to the 
the tropics. Grown from seed which generally comes up true to 
kind, seeds from the best fruits being selected; is also budded. The 
stock sueceeds well on dry soil or even on rocky soil or those un- 
derlaid with rock. Around Port Darwin I have seen lime trees 
growing unattacked by the ubiquitous white ant which destroys 
other citrus trees. The tree is of shrubby growth, can be planted 
closer than other citrus trees, very thorny, except a few varieties; 
excedingly robust and requires little attention. The fruit varies 
in size from a small egg to a good size lemon; pale yellow, pulp 
light green and filled to bursting point with a very sharp acid juice, 
used in preference to the lemon in the tropics; a bad carrier. Early 
and very prolific bearer. Used in the manufacture of citrie acid 
and of lime juice and for seasoning food and providing cool drinks. 
Of varieties :— 
West InpIAn.—Small and very good; much prized for lime- 
juice. 
TAHITI grows as a round-topped shrub. Fruit broadly oval— 
3in. x 2.5in., lemon yellow, smooth thin rind, flesh fine-grained, juice 
plentiful, almost colourless, very acid and pleasant flavour, few or 
no seeds. 
FIGS (Ficus carica). 
The fig like the grape vine thrives in Western .\ustralia 
where other fruit trees sometimes fail to be productive. In the 
cooler districts sometimes fails to mature its fruit, and is better 
suited for the warmer localities. Moist, sandy loams are also 
more congenial to the fig tree than are heavy clays. The fig itself, 
which is generally spoken of as a fruit consisting of a mass of pulp 
enclosed in a thin skin, is to the botanist an inflorescence, in which 
the outer covering is a receptacle for the hundreds of microscopic 
flowers inside. The tree attains large dimensions and is long-lived 
and when many are planted together, they should be set wide 
