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The April e ges the September blossom is not much better than 
that of March, yet e good = may be picked out for packing, but 
arly all is used ben Sel purpose 
The Máy yield, which is also the result of the ia ert blossom, 
own as “ verdelli,” is mach sought after, and is shipped to the States 
in small cases; the fruit is of excellent keeping quality, Mid gio easily 
the voyage. No care is necessary in gathering or sorting the 
Aet. as it is all good, worth 25 per cent. more than winter-grown 
"The so-called “ bastardi” are gathered in June and July, and are 
the result of October and November blossoming.  'lhey are packed 
in similar cases, and are sent to London, Liverpool, Trieste, and the 
In August and September the lemon crop is smaller, and inferior to 
those of the previous months. It realises less on this account, and also 
because the lemon ercp in South Spain begins. 
PRODUCTION OF AVERAGE PLANTATION. 
The following is a fair proportion of the divers kinds of lemons grown 
on a plantation of average size, which produces, we will say, 110,000 
annually :— : 
| : | MEM PA 
| Month. Lem 
| Serim] 
October - - (about) 15,000 
November - B - i 30,000 
December - - - ve 25,000 
january - - - "s 20,000 
February - - - 5 10,000 
March - - - » 1,000 
April-September  - - 5» 9,000 
The last is only oo because it depends on whether the trees 
have been forced o 
PACKING. 
Cost of packing varies according to size of case :— 
Cost of case - - - 
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