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do well on the English market, but I am afraid it would not carry as well as the 
others I have named. f ; 
The outer skin of this variety is very tough, but between that and the flesh it is 
- what is usually described as being raggy, and for this reason I fear it would arrive 
in a somewhat wasted and withered condition, much to the detriment of its marketable 
value. 
Thus, having considered all things, I think the palm may safely be given to the 
Mediterranean Sweet, as being the coming orange of the future. 
MANDARINS. 
With regard to mandarins, there is one variety for the foreign trade which stands 
pre-eminent above all others—this is the Beauty of Glen Retreat. The flesh of this 
variety, and the skin also, are exceptionally sound for a mandarin. Mr. H. Smith, of 
the Montville nurseries, tested the carrying qualities of this variety last year, and 
found it did the journey to the old country exceedingly well, and kept in first-class 
condition for upwards of eleven weeks. This, I think, may be considered most satis- 
factory, especially when it is realised that there was no particular attention paid to the 
packing of the fruit. 
Another variety which has only recently been introduced is one called Fewtrell’s 
Shipping Mandarin, and raised by Mr. Fewtrell, of Palmwoods. This mandarin, 
when known, will be found worthy of a place in any orangery. The fruit comes in 
yery early, and has been known to keep in good condition for upwards of four months. 
This alone will testify to its value for exportation. The first time this mandarin was 
shown it gained the first prize at an exhibition, where it was remarked that the 
mandarins were much above the ordinary standard, and it has again achieved the same 
success within the past few weeks. 
Other useful types of mandarins, all of which are of first-class quality and 
flourish well in the district, are—the Emperor, the Scarlet, and the Canton. 
All young trees of the varieties of oranges and mandurins I have mentioned can 
be procured from Mr. H. Smith, of the Montville Nurseries, 274 Palmwoods, whose 
trees can always be relied upon as being strong and healthy, clean, and true to name. 
A FEW MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS FAMILY WHICH ARE GENERALLY 
THOUGHT UNPROFITABLE. 
Before going further, I will just mention one or two members of the Citrus family 
which mostly seem to be somewhat disregarded from a point of profit. The first IL 
will name is the Seville or Bitter Orange. This at the present time is the most 
profitable on the market. 
The jam manufacturers vie with each other in procuring all they can get for the 
purpose of making marmalade, the demand for which is certain to continue. The 
general price paid last year was £14 a ton, or in other words 13d. per lb., but how long 
this price will remain will be proved by the supply. 
{t should be stated that the Seville usually grown here is not the true variety, 
but I understand that this has recently been imported, and it is to be hoped this will 
be the means of distributing the variety, which is specially adapted for the purpose 
for which this class of orange is chiefly required. It would, therefore, be advisable for 
intending planters to wait until this kind is upon the market. 
The Common or Rough Lemon is not usually considered very profitable, but it is 
not generally known that this also is in great demand by the jam-makers, large 
uantities annually being made into aineaacabel: It is more susceptible to disease 
‘than most of the Citrus family, but if clean and free from scale and a fair size it will 
prove ney profitable. 
The Citron would give avery satisfactory return, providing a quantity were grown. 
This is used for making preserved or candied citron peel, an article much used in 
England and on the Continent. I do not think the kinds mostly grown here would 
answer this purpose, as that used is generally of a much thicker and deeper skin. It 
seems siete that, at the present time, large quantities in brine are annually 
imported into this country from Italy, and then prepared in the usual method, and 
_ then sold on the colonial market. Small quantities do not pay the grower, there being 
but little call in the market for them. 
RELATIVE MERITS OF SEEDLINGS AND WORKED TREES. 
There has been a lot of controversy of late respecting the relative merits of the 
seedling and the worked tree, and I introduce the subject in this paper in the hope 
that by debate we may arrive at 1 more definite understanding. here is certainly a 
lot to be said in favour of both. 
