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the juice of this variety, together with that of the ordinary lime and the 

 Sicily lemon. The results are given below : — 



Ounces per gall. Grains per oz. 



It was thought at first that this variety would do admirably to supply 

 the green lime trade, inasmuch as it was devoid of spines, and would 

 therefore enable the fruit to be gathered much quicker and with less 

 damage to it ; on the other hand, however, the mere fact of there being 

 no danger of being pricked by spines would, I believe, tend to make 

 the labourers less careful in the gathering of the fruit, to the detriment of 

 the tree. 



A recent report on a barrel of this fruit forwarded by the Atlantis 

 Fruit Company to F. S. Maynard & Sons, New York, while acknowledging 

 it to possess many advantages over the ordinary lime, does not recommend 

 its use in the green lime trade. 



This report reads as follows : — 



" The lime is very juicy and thin-skinned ; the colour appears to be 

 very much against it. We would not advise raising this colour lime for 

 marketing in the green state, but for juice we think it would be a 

 splendid article, having, we should say, 25 per cent, more juice than 

 many other varieties of limes at least, though the best lime to carry is 

 the one with the considerably heavier skin, which gives it keeping 

 qualities. 



" We find they have very few seeds comparatively and very thin skin 

 — in fact, so thin that many were dented, we might say, and shrivelled 

 somewhat. We would not advise shipping these limes to us for marketable 

 limes, as the trade prefers bright stock." 



The comparative amount of juice from fruits of the same volume is as 

 follows : — 



This " sport " has now become " fixed," some 12,000 odd plants of this 

 variety having been raised and distributed by the Botanic Station during 

 the last five years. 



The second "sport" referred to is known as the "Seedless" variety, 

 which appears to have been noticed in Trinidad and Dominica about the 

 same time. Scions of this variety were secured and budded on suitable 

 stocks, and a few plants have now been obtained for distribution. From 

 a scientific point of view this "sport" is of some interest ; but from a 

 commercial standpoint it is practically valueless, its very means of 

 propagation debarring it from general use, as it entails more time and 

 expense than the average planter can afford. 



The improvements just mentioned have been brought about by natural 

 agencies, and it has often been a matter of some wonder to the writer 

 why so little attention has been given to the improvement of this fruit. 

 That there is room for improvement cannot be doubted when one sees the 

 various kinds of this fruit growing in the same field. ^Some have thick 



Spineless lime 

 Ordinary „ 

 Sicily lemon 



13-80 

 13-22 

 11-05 



37-73 

 3615 

 30-22 



Spineless lime 

 Ordinary „ 



25-3 CO. 

 24-1 c.c. 



