The Memoirs of Bābur 932.12.4

932.12.4

The citron (P. _turunj_,[1877] _C. medica_) is another of the fruits resembling the orange. Bajaurīs and Sawādīs call it _bālang_ and hence give the name _bālang-marabbā_ to its marmalade (_marabbā_) confiture. In Hindūstān people call the _turunj bajaurī_.[1878] There are two kinds of _turunj_: one is sweet, flavourless and nauseating, of no use for eating but with peel that may be good for marmalade; it has the same sickening sweetness as the Lamghānāt _turunj_; the other, that of Hindūstān and Bajaur, is acid, quite deliciously acid, and makes excellent sherbet, well-flavoured, and wholesome drinking. Its size may be that of the Khusrawī melon; it has a thick skin, wrinkled and uneven, with one end thinner and beaked. It is of a deeper yellow than the orange (_nāranj_). Its tree has no trunk, is rather low, grows in bushes, and has a larger [Sidenote: Fol. 287.] leaf than the orange. The _sangtāra_[1879] is another fruit resembling the orange (_nāranj_). It is like the citron (_turunj_) in colour and form, but has both ends of its skin level;[1880] also it is not rough and is somewhat the smaller fruit. Its tree is large, as large as the apricot (_aūrūq_), with a leaf like the orange's. It is a deliciously acid fruit, making a very pleasant and wholesome sherbet. Like the lime it is a powerful stomachic, but not weakening like the orange (_nāranj_).