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the tree, and there are in all of them factories for the concentration of 
the juice which, in this form, is shipped to England and to America, 
i h of 
and is the source of muc the citric acid manufactured there. The 
juice is usually concentrated from 10 or 12 to 1, when it becomes a dark 
stuff like i nce to molasses. ‘The exports of the raw or natural 
the skin of the ripe Limes. As soon as this fruit becomes better known 
a 
At the time of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, at the 
EDU of Sir Augustus Adderley, I shipped a good many of our fruits 
to the Exhibition market. The Limes mad at the rate of 30s. a barrel, 
ma I am told that they sometimes d ~ pee at deg par Bat 
last year I sent a small consignm rim a firm in 
London, and they ge difficulty in iiis of. it at a dei which did 
not cover the cost. 
15. Shaddock (Citrus decumana).—Habitat, India, naturalised in 
the West Indies. Season, October to February. This fruit occurs in 
ieti 
whitish o Ow o the extreme thickness of the skin, the fruit 
keeps fresh for a edm ud and it bears the long voyage to Europe 
remarkab ger well. 
16. Forbidden Fruit or Pomelo (Citrus decumana, var. 
Paradisi). — Habitat, India. Season, June to February. This fruit is 
not abundant as there is no particular demand for it; but it grows well 
in the island, and could be exported in large quantities. 
OXALIDEX., 
17. Carambo oe Carambola). — econ Asia. Pm 
November to February. Introduced this fruit into the islan 
years ago from the Trinidad Botanic NUM it ne: taken well to o the 
soil and climate, and it bears abundantly. 
AMPELIDEJE. 
8. Grape (Vitis vinifera}.—Habitat, Asia. Seasons, January to 
Man ch and October to December. The Grape- vine grows very well in 
the island, and considerable quantities of the fruit could be raised for 
doubt o 
of the dried 
TEREBINTHACES. 
19. Plum — pepe ea), — Habitat, West Indies es. Season, 
May to acm ee r varieties of this fruit are much liked b 
many pe ing the plum is quite common, and it is 
y ropan by erasi cutting off a branch and planting it in the 
ground during wet ni takes root. A yellow species, 
soon 
ias lutea, is also grown, but it is not so good 
Purple Pidi, 
