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is cultivated in most parts of the Island, for the Bread and Oil afforded by its Seeds.
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Citrus Medica. Linn. The Citron Tree.
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Citrus medica Limon. LInn The Lemon Tree.
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Citrus Auratium. Linn. The Orange Tree.
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Citrus Aurantium Sinensis. Linn The China Orange.
These 4 Trees are no where Natives in America, but grow wild in the hotter parts of Asia, particularly upon the Coast of Malabar, and were not known in Europe till the decline of the Roman Empire. They are now cultivated in every Climate from the Line so far North as Portugal. From Spain they were translated soon after the discovery of the West Indies to Hispaniola. From thence they have been dispersed over great part of America, and in the Caribbee Islands arrive at the same perfection they possess in their native Asiatic Climate, tho' immediately transported from Europe, where they are at best of a much inferior quality.
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Citrus Aurantium grandis. Linn. The Shaddock Tree.
This fine Fruit which resembles an Orange, but is as large as a Man's head, is considered by Linnæus, only as a variety of the Citrus Aurantium.
It is cultivate in the East Indies, as it is now also in most of the Caribbee