"THE PLEASANTEST BEVERAGE."

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1002, 17 December 1910, Page 13

"THE PLEASANTEST BEVERAGE."

: _ MONTSEEKAT LIME JUICE. •Lime juice is one of.Hie popular sumirmks, and there is fetter Se juice than that derived from the plantataons ot the Montsomt Company on the island from which it takes" its name of 'the know ' * ™ ot tue Vi est .Indies group, and in its splendid tropical climate the lime troo obtains its full perfection of growth. The fh? vr ° tt J ® lsknd woro -Planted by Ihe Messrs. Sturgo nearly forty veare ago. &.neo that time the plantation Hifl' y , l^ crca6ed - Tl "> estato of the Montserrat Company now covers over SmnmT' •, < ? ntall ! s from li0 ' m to 200,000 trees. More than 100, COO gallons of lime fruit juice havo been exported in one year to England. Lone l !mo )Ule ® camo io ,)e recognised as the best of all sea medicines; For nianv years the Navy suffered terriblv from the plague of scurvy, but, since limo juico came into general use, this scourge has practically disappeared. Supplied to soldiers, lime 3uice has produced results equally as good. It is the drink for summer weather—tho weather of Wellington just now. It is commended by Ihe Lancet" as being (particularly during summ-ar) a far more wholesome beverago than any form of alcohol, and about the pleasantest that can be taken when tho thermometer is over 65 or 70 degrees. I