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which is characterised b\' its wart^* surface, and \\'hich 

 is onl\- sliglith' acid. There is a larg'e-fruited variet\' of 

 tliis Citron, tlie Cedrat, familiar to us in cr)nfectionar\-. 

 i he rind is exceedingh' tliick and when preserved in sugar 

 is known as "candied peel''. A spherical Lemon, remark- 

 able for its rough and aromatic ririd, is distinguished 

 as "Adam's" or "Paradise Apple". This was supposed to 

 be the fruit of the Tree of Knoweledge and is still used 

 to represent it b\' the Jews in their Feast of Tabernacles. 

 The fruits most in rec]uest for this feast are grown in 

 Lorsica, Corlu, Mor(jcc(.) and Palestine, and letch ver\ 

 high prices when tl■le^' are of the prescribed form. 



At the beginning of our era the Citron tree was 

 brought to Rome from the far East in earthenware vessels. 

 Thus grown it became ver\' fashionable and \\as used 

 to adorn the gardens and colonnades of the villas. Being 

 ver^' sensitive to cold it is planted out onl\- in the most 

 sheltered spots. It differs from all other Agrumi in that 

 it bears llowcrs and fruit all the ^-ear round. 



l^hc Lemon was brought to south Europe in the 

 tenth centur\- hv the Arabs, reaching lirst Spain and 

 then Sicih'. At this time it \\-as still unkno\\'n on the 

 Coast of Liguria where it -was introduced to\\'ards the 

 end of the eleventh centur\ b\ the Crusaders, who 

 brought it from S^'ria and Palestine. The "Pamplemousse" 

 and the bitter-fruited Orange were introduced on the 

 Ri^'iera with the Lemon tree. Liguria \\-as for a long 

 time the onh' land in which the Agrumi were specialh' 

 cultivated, and this industr\-, no doubt, received a con- 

 siderable impulse in the fourteenth centur\- when the 



