ORANGES, LEMONS, CITRONS. There are several beautiful fruits belonging to the genus Citrus. Among these are the sweet orange, the bitter orange, the lime, the, sh'addock, the lemon, and the citron,' and these again are divided into many varieties. Of the sweet orange there' are the China; the peeir-shaPed, the Nice, the blood-red, the ribbed; the sweet skinned, the '211andicriii, the "St. Michael, and other kinds: Of the bitter orange there are Rise many hinds: such as the horned, the curled leaf, the 'purple, the double flowered, the Seville, and the orange. ' The China orange is the common sort of our En glish markets, and of the 'Pertuguese. The siveet-skinned orange is the Pomme d' 'Adam, or forbidden fruit, of the Paris shops. The Mandarin orange; in which the ripe pulp is completely loosened from the rind, is much cultivated in China and in Malta. The St. Michael's orange has small; round, pale yellow, seedless fruit," With a' thin rind and an ex tremely sweet pulp." This When in a state of perfection, it perhaps the most clelleien'sOf ali the oranges, and it is by far the most pro duetive. Great quantities are iniported from the Azores, where it appears to be exclusively cultivated' as an object of trade. 'It is said that 20p00, of these oranges have been picked from a single tree, exclusively of the large quantity which were blown down or rejected as unfit for sale. The Seville orange has an ex ceedingly bitter rind ; in England it is em ployed in the manufacture of bitter tinctures, and in the preparation of candied orange peel; the bitter aromatic principle gives flavour to the liqueur • called Curacoa. The bergamot
orange has a remarkable fragrance, and is employed in making an essence of delicious quality. " The lime has different varieties, according to the thicknets' Of the rind ; it is employed chiefly in flavouring punch,' sherbet, and other drinks. The shaddock is among the largest fruits which are known, and is "commenly cul tivated both in the East and West Indies, for the sake of the delidate subacid juicy pulp in which it abounds. When sbaddocks arrive at their greatest size they are called pompoleOds, or pompelmousses. When at the smallest, they form the forbi/r1;a fruit of the English markets. Another small variety, 'with the shaddocks growing in clusters, forms a larger tree than any other citrus ; the fruit is about as large as the fist ; it is what the West Indians call the grape fruit. The lemon does not present many varieties ; its appearance and use are well known. The citron, grown chiefly in the e"ast, is noticeable for the fragrance of the rind, from which delicate sweettneat is prepared.
Of the invaluable use of lemon juice or lime juice in the navy, due to the citric acid con tained in the fitiit," a little has been said under Crum Ann. In a 'commercial point of view, the "trade has greatly beiiefitted by the introduction' of "steam-boats and railways. Oranges are brought in large quantities to Southampton, whence they are transmitted very quickly to London. 'During the last three years (1848, 1849, 1850) about 400,000 boxes or chests of oranges and lemons have been annually imported into this country.