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qualities as a tonic. The number imported is not great, 

 being from 600 to 800 chests per annum. 



The Shaddock. — Citrus decumana. — This species of 

 orange was named after Captain Shaddock, who introduced 

 it from China — where it is a native — to the West Indies. 

 It is not a very useful fruit, but from its great size (being 

 ; the largest of its tribe) and handsome light yellow colour 

 : it is highly ornamental. A few hundreds are annually im- 

 ported from the West Indies. 



Forbidden Fruit. — Citrus paradisi. — This fruit, like 

 the preceding, which it strongly resembles, is brought to 

 this country more as an ornamental addition to the dessert 

 than for any other purpose. The pulp of this fruit is 

 sweetish, and not badly flavoured, and the rind is not so 

 intensely bitter as that of the Shaddock. The importation 

 is small and irregular. 



Besides these varieties of the orange, two or three others 

 occasionally find their way to this country from the Brazils ; 

 they are 



] 1. The Navel Orange, or Larangeira seleta. — Its English 

 (name is derived from a protuberance at the top of the fruit. 

 2. The Common Brazilian Orange — Larangeira da China 

 — thought to be the common China orange. 



