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Lemon

The acid juice of the common lemon is much employed in the manufacture of the favourite beverage lemonade. It is also an important article of ship stores, as a preventive of scurvy. Lemon-peel--the rind of the fruit separated from the pulp--is in demand for flavouring. The exportation of lemons from the southern districts of Europe, where they are grown, is very considerable. Sicily alone exports every year 30,000 chests, each chest containing 440 lemons.