. . s. The more important of these are the Mexican,which has a small and rather oblong fruit; the Persian,introduced from Persia, which bears a larger fruit; theRangpur, introduced from India, which bears a fruit resem-bling the mandarine orange in that the rind is easily sep-arable from the pulp and the carpels may be separated as inthe orange. The most highly prized variety is the Tahiti,the fruit of which is quite large and nearly seedless. In tropical countries limes are more highly prized thanlemons for making cooHng drinks. The
. . s. The more important of these are the Mexican,which has a small and rather oblong fruit; the Persian,introduced from Persia, which bears a larger fruit; theRangpur, introduced from India, which bears a fruit resem-bling the mandarine orange in that the rind is easily sep-arable from the pulp and the carpels may be separated as inthe orange. The most highly prized variety is the Tahiti,the fruit of which is quite large and nearly seedless. In tropical countries limes are more highly prized thanlemons for making cooHng drinks. They are also usedextensively for the manufacture of lime juice and citric hme is used as a flavor at soda fountains, and is alsoused to make a drink called limeade. The juice of the lime is quite extensively used as a pre-ventive of and as a remedy for scurvy. British sailors aresometimes called lime-juicers, from the fact that thelaw requires that the crews be furnished with a weeklyallowance of the extract of limes or lemons, as a preventiveof
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