Japanese Oranges in California.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 2 May 1890, Page 3

Japanese Oranges in California.

Fbom a circular issued by Mr H.E. Auioore of han Francisco it appears tbat the Japanese seedless orange i_ becoming a favourite iv San Franoisco. We are. not surprised to hear it. The l nshiu-mikan is not on-y a highly j alatable, but also a moat artis.ipa.iy conceived fruit It parts with itß skin in the most oblingly facile manner, and suffers itself to be devided into quarters with equally courteous readiness Moreover, it has no seeds to s-ick in the throat of the consumer, and it contains only a mere shred of that white fibrous substance which render*, the total consumption of a Chines orange impossible excopt at the riak of serious detriment to the digestive organs Like manj another ordinary process of Eastern everyday life, orangefating in Japan has been elevated tc the rank of a fine art. You cannoi negotiate a Chineie orange without a sequel of sticky fingers, a me-saec m.puth, and perhaps, if fate is agains yoii, a stained shirt-front. But t Japanese orange involves no mch in ■*a*veniencei, aai to those wfeJuw