rummien ta Santa Rosa, or ta bla ghadma, or rummien ta Santa 
Caterina, has small very tender seeds, and very sweet pulp; it is much 
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the wild variety. Pomegranates are sold in the market from October 
to January from 4d. to 1d. per lb. ale cases of pomegranates were 
exported to England in the course of last 
The Maltese water melon, Citrullus vulgaris, (phaira dollieh) is, as 
a rule, of medium quality. The pulp is either white, yellow, or red, 
sometimes granular, and very sugary. Its quality depends much upon 
the soil, locality, and the ae of the summer. It is a bad keeper, 
and sells from id. to 1d. 
Next to oranges the sei Cucumis melo, is the richest of the fruits 
produced in Malta. The following are the varieties exposed for sale 
in markets: (a.) bettieh ta L Ahrax, netted melon of Malta, * Melon 
muscat de Malte," fruit roundish or oblong, thickly grey, netted, pulp 
from id. to ld. per lb.; (b.) bettieh tal curuna or ta 
sometimes oval or sub-compressed, rind green or yellow, oem streaked 
wit or yellow, thin netted at the extremity, j 
ften salmon grues at the € part, in which t is generall 
sweat-scent eeper, price as above; (c.) bettieh ta spagna, 
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“ Melon de Malte à à chaire hlénchi, dd fruit dima rind smooth, green or 
yellow, flesh white or green, and very sugary. tis held in great esteem, 
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eantaloupe of Paris and that of Valparai so have been introduced into the 
Botanic Garden succe cessfully but ase began to degenerate after the 
second year ue losing 
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There i = a (piles variety baytar ta bla zerrigha which is 
era rare. The yellow fruit is more sugary than the others. Prickly 
are very abundant in summer, and are sold at a very low price 
id. per lb., and even less. Only Pantelleria can surpass Malta for the 
quality of prickly pears. There is a winter crop, which is scanty and 
not so saccharine as the summer produce, sold from ld. to 2d. 
per lb. The plant is of a very easy culture: a branch of three or 
more joints (improperly called leaves) separated from the tree and 
allowed to lie several weeks to dry, and then put into any soil, even 
of the worst description, soon strikes root. It is productive after three 
extensively grown, for both the “leaves” and the rind are given to 
sheep and oxen in the summer when green fodder is not obtainable. 
The European olive, Olea europea (zebbüg in rss and pem in 
Arabic), is a native of the south of Europe, and grows 
parts of this island. The fruit of the wild | plant, O. Oleaster, i is pe 
