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CEYLON, 
The following report on the fruits of Ceylon has been prepared by 
Dr. Henry Trimen, F.R.S., Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Peradeniya :— 
A list of the fruits grown in Ceylon would include nearly the whole 
of those found in the tropics, for though the really "ze uc of any 
value are very few—the Jambu, the Plantain and the ka (Gracinia 
Cambogia) being the chief—there has been introduced ey various times 
South-west, most Malayan fruits come to perfection, the ian, 
ee Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum), Bread fruit, Nam 
(Cynometra cauliflora), Java Almond (Canari E commune), 
Sanco! (Sandoricum indicum), expos ( Lansium domesticum), &c., 
well as other tropical sorts such as the Sapodilla, the Custezdsiiile 
(Anona squamosa), and the Cochin-Goraka (Garcinia xanthochymus). 
In the low country generally the common fruits of tropical countries are 
many place 
fruits of sub-tropical coun can be grown, as the litchi, the loquat, 
and the wampi, whilst in the ceu regions of the North and East, gourds 
of various kinds are ue grown, and in a few places on the 
even grapes ure successfully ripened under a system of artificial winter- 
ing. I must also mention the ubiquitous orange, which, though nota 
tropical fruit naturally, succeeds so well in tropical countries, and is 
grown throughout Ceylon under several ce of which the true 
eid m ed * Mandarin" is the best. 'The rind of all our oranges 
a dar when fully ripe and 7 for eating. In the 
bilis qe those of the drier distriets in Uva, some fruits of still 
more temperate character do well, especially peaches, figs, and less 
successfully plums, apples, and straw vberri 
- It must be admitted that many of these fruits are grown in very small 
antities, and that very little pains e cre taken to cultivate or 
sage ie is mor E ——— than any other it by the poorer 
natives. i 
Badi very pom and the prices paid to the native growers ex- 
tremely low. 'The trade needs encouragement and regulation, and its 
