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KUMQUAT (Citrus japonica) , a much-branched shrub from 8 to 12 ft. high, the branches sometimes bearing small thorns, with dark green glossy leaves and pure white
flowers
standing
leaf -axils. The bright orange-yellow fruit is round or ellipsoidal, about i in. in diameter , with a thick minutely tuberculate rind, the inner lining of which is sweet, and a watery acidulous pulp. It has long been cultivated in China and Japan, and was introduced to Europe in 1846 by Mr Fortune, collector for the London Horticultural Society, and shortly after into North America. It is much hardier than most plants
sugar
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