. The world's commercial products [microform] : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic. Fruits imports were 837,028 cwt., valued at /419,049. Of these, 834,884 cwt. were from foreif^n countries, cliiefly from Italy. Of the total imports from firitisli possessions (2,184 cwt.) West Indies contributed 2,088 cwt. Tile Lime (C. maiica, var. acida) is native to the warm vaikjs of tile outiT Hima- laya ; it is cultivated in India, Hurma, West
. The world's commercial products [microform] : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic. Fruits imports were 837,028 cwt., valued at /419,049. Of these, 834,884 cwt. were from foreif^n countries, cliiefly from Italy. Of the total imports from firitisli possessions (2,184 cwt.) West Indies contributed 2,088 cwt. Tile Lime (C. maiica, var. acida) is native to the warm vaikjs of tile outiT Hima- laya ; it is cultivated in India, Hurma, West Indies, etc. In tlu; West Indies the cultivation of the limi> is now conducted on a large scale for tile sake of tile juice, which is imported into this and other countries in large (piantitics. Green limes are also in con- siderable demand, especially in the United States of America. The ordinary lime is a very spiny tree, but a variety originated at Dominica in the West Indies is absolutely spineless. A seedless lime has been discovered in Trinidad. The SwKKT (C. medica, var. Limctta) is a native of Southern India, where it is also cultivated. Sweet limes are eaten fresh or preserved. The juice is not so mucli xaliied as that of the Sour Lime ^Jt-^'^'r^? f ⢠^'""'T'^ "^l'^-*-' "f the Mai ly .\,vi,i,,â, the' Friendlv Islands, and i-,,,. The fruit is very large, ^wiglinig sometimes fmiii t '^ to twenty pounds' roundish or oblong, with a smooth, pale-yellow sih sub-a.'id puh, The ' Grape Fruit " of the West Indies is also a superior varietv of tliis same species H.^ Tlie banana has during the last few years advanced rapidlv in p,.pâiariLv m Great Britain. The old-establisiied l<ind is tiie China or Canarv , the fiuit of ^iZ tavcudishn, originally in China, but now cnltivated'in many parts of the world ihe more recent introduction, the large banana, is usually l<nown as the'Jamaica banana tlu^ suppli
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