A History of Agriculture in India v2.c83.s2.3

v2.c83.s2.3

‘Fruit-trees are still scarcer, because the ground is salty, and all fruit comes from Kandahar or Kabul—no apples, pears, quinces, pomegranates, melons, almonds, dates, raisins, filberts, pistachios, and many other kinds. Great and wealthy amateurs have planted in their gardens Persian vines which bear seedless grapes, but the fruit does not ripen properly in one year out of three. Oranges are plentiful in December, January and February, and are obtainable also in June and July; they are very large, especially in the neighbourhood of Bayana. Lemons can be had in large quantities.