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that it would be an advantage to the people of the empire, and also to 
mankind in general,to have them collected for the study of their botanical and 
horticultural characteristics and commercial values. 
Tie PorruGan OrsANGE GRoup. 
The Portugal orange, of which the British markets are now full, with its 
variations, the seedless oval orange of Malta, and the oval orange of Jaffa, also 
seedless, and the blood orange, &c., are sufficiently well known to need no 
description. 
I am informed that in Malta there exists a unique orange of the same 
group, but which is never sour from beginning to end, but sweet and juicy. It 
is called there “ Loomi-Larénj.” I have never met with an orange of this 
description in India. It would be worth while getting hold of it for the purpose 
of multiplying it and bringing it into commerce. Such a unique orange, I 
believe, has never appeared in the English market. 
In India I met with two varieties of this group; both are fine and worthy 
of being more generally known. The one is the “ Bandir” of Tanjore, a large 
orange, 12 inches in girth or so, with a yellowish-orange skin when ripe. The 
other is the “ Mussémbi” of Poona. Its name is evidently a corruption of 
. Mozambique, and it goes to the Bombay market. The exterior is orange- 
- yellow, and is covered with longitudinal furrows from base to tip. Natives say 
this can be kept on the tree for a whole year without deteriorating. 
Tue Sunrara Group or Inpra. 
The loose-skinned “Sintara” orange of India, as far as I know, has only 
appeared once in the London shops. There is a considerable trade in this 
orange in India itself. 
There are two widely spread varieties of it. The one is called “ Nagpore ”’ 
orange, some of which find their way to Bombay. 1t is this, [ believe, which, 
on one occasion, was sent to London. 
The other is the “Sylhet” orange, which mainly goes to Calcutta, and is 
grown. solely from seed. 
The fruit of the two differs little, but the tree of the former has a spreading 
form ; while thatof the latter is upright, somewhat in the fashion of a Lom- 
bardy poplar, although, of course, not so tall by any means. 
There are other good varieties of this group which are little known. One 
is grownin Lahore, the fruit of which is distinctly pyriform (see “ Oranges and 
Lemons of India and Ceylon,” Plate CIX.) It is wrongly called “ Karna” in 
Lahore. Another is the “ Jawa-narun” of Ceylon, resembling a purse with a 
much-puckered surface. 
A still more interesting variety is the green orange of Ceylon, called there 
“Konda-narun.” It is invariably eaten in its green state. Rumpius mentions 
an orange which is green when quite mature, and, if left on the tree till it 
colours, becomes, he says, worthless. But, in an experiment which I made with 
these green oranges in 1884, I found them better flavoured and more juicy as 
they turned yellow. 
Boththe “ Jawa-narun” and the green “ Konda-narun ” are pictured in Miss 
North’s Gallery at Kew, No. 266. 
In Ceylon, a number of the varieties of the “Stntara” group are called 
mandarins, but the only true mandarins I ever saw there were afew ona 
neglected tree which the late Dr. Trimen showed me in Peradeniya. 
The tangerines of the London shops are no other than mandarins.* I 
never could discover one in London worth eating. To enjoy it you must grow 
it yourself, and take it off the tree when fully ripe. The perfume of its peel 
is not to be found in any other orange. 
To the “Suntara” group belongs a small orange, grown almost wild on the 
borders of Nepaul, north of Goruckpore. It is the sweetest orange I ever 
‘Perhaps they may be a seed variety, and a little smaller than the true mandarin. 
