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“...preserved by boiling in
molasses and dried. They are the fruit of Zizyphus vulgaris,
Lam., which grows very extensively in the neighbourhood of
Wuchow. They are called white dates to distinguish them from
the black and red dates of Canton which are imported into this
province.
It is the general belief among foreigners that the melon seeds aee(js> melons,
which they are asked to partake of at the commencement of a
Chinese dinner are the seeds of the water-melon. Such, however,
is not the case. In Manchuria—the chief producer and exporter
of melon seeds—a special melon is grown for the seed only ; it
contains little but seeds, and is cultivated in fields on a very large
scale. I am not yet in a position to say whence the melon seeds
exported from this province are derived.
Sugar-cane is very widely cultivated in Kwangsi, and three Sugar.
(246) " B...”
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