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* ‘With regard to the manufacture and preparation of ime juice, I 
‘Lime juice: its Properties and Uses,’ by Mr. Michael Conroy, F.C.S. 
poblished 1 in the aaia Ta [3], xiii. 606 :— 
* In Montserrat the lime t harvest is heaviest from September to 
. January, but a good supply of fruit is yielded throughout the whole 
where it is sliced " water ' power, and then squeezed in huge wooden 
his is a most important point in preparing the nice. in a tropical 
climate, for if exposed, it outs rapidly decompose. Iam also informed 
that the choicest fruit is alone used, and that only Men two-thirds of 
the juice is pressed out, thus ensuring greater freedom from mucilagi- 
nous and pulpy matter. The furt ther | pressings, together with the juice 
of unsound fruit, is evaporated to the consistence s sn, and sent 
over to this country for the manufacture of citric 
An account of the ** Lime In pondiry 3 in Dominica” was contributed by 
Dr. H. A. Alford Nicholls, F.L.S., the Demerara Timehri, vol. ii., 
pt. 1. Atwood, the historian of bas ca. speaks of the lime trees as 
existing in that island in 791, “that the fruit of both (lemon. and 
lime) is in great abundance, large and of excellent quality, of these, 
* the latter especially, great quantities are often sent in barrels to 
* Englan! and America. The neighbouring English islands are 
T € rise often supplied with them from this country, especially those 
* of Antigua and Barbados." 
Dr. Nicholls continues: “ To Dr. ura belongs the honour of tle 
** origination of the new lime cultivation ; but I must mention that soon 
* after this public benefaetor had established the lime groves in Dominica 
s be Messrs. Sturge, quite independently and without any knowledge 
a r. Imray’s experiments, set to work to establish similar cultiva- 
i vation in Montserrat.” 
Details respecting the cultivation and the preparaticn of lime juice 
are fully given by Dr. ary in his recent work— Tropical Agriculture 
(London: Maemillan), p. 153. 
The following dau information respecting the lime iudustry at 
Dominica is taken from a paper by Mr. Morris * On tlie Colony of the 
Leeward Islands," read before the Royal Colonial Institute, on April 14, 
1891 :-- 
* Another very promising indupsy for Dominica is the production of 
lime juice. This is obtained from a thin-skinned variety of the citron, 
nown as the West Indian lime (Citrus Medica, var. acida). This par- 
tieular variety is apparently more wide ad in the West Indies 
than. ip any AN part of the world. The lime-juice pu ed in 
o 
"Tim ray. In 1870 the value of the lime j juice ede was 831. ; ; in 
1874 it had risen to 1,600/.; in 1889 it had increased to 8,0617. 
Dominica limes are large and very juicy. ‘The teet | are the healthiest 
I have seen in the West Indies, and, within such limits as are imposed 
by the commercial demand for the produce, it deserves to be largely 
extended. 
“A carefully compiled return was prepared for me by a lime planter 
in Dominica, which I read and submitted for criticism at a publie 
meeting held at the Court House in Roseau on — 9th, last. I 
am unable to publish this in full, but Í will give a brief summary of it. 
It appears that it takes about 1,0007. to purchase and establish 20 
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