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is extensively grown at Blidah, in Algeria. There 

 are people who eat this Orange, peel and all. 



At Savona is cultivated an Orange-tree popularly 

 known as Chinolto (Fig. 5). These little Oranges, only 

 1J inches in diameter, are the kind used by con- 

 fectioners in the manufacture of candied fruits. The 

 Chinotto may possibly be a variety of the Mandarin. 



The Myrtle-leaved Orange (Citms myrti/olia, 

 Fig. 8) also bears very small fruits. 



The Tangerine is well known for its peculiar 

 scent, insipid juice, and flaccid rind. 



The Oranges with red juice, which we call Blood 

 Oranges, are said to come originally from Malta. 

 The red-fleshed Orange fails to come true from seed. 



The latest Bible commentaries give the astonish- 

 ing piece of information that the Blood Orange is 

 produced by grafting a branch of Orange on the stem 

 of a pomegranate ! 



The Seville or Bitter Orange (Citrus Bigaradia, or 

 C. communis or C. vulgaris; French Bigaradier, Fig. 6), 

 is stronger and hardier than the other species, and 

 for this reason it is used as a stock to graft the better 

 varieties. The quality of the produce does not seem 

 to be affected by the nature of the stock. Thus if an 

 Orange be grafted on the Lemon, the fruits are free 

 from acidity. A tree which is not grafted will be 

 from ten to thirteen years old before fruiting. Extra- 

 ordinary results are produced by the intercrossing of 

 the different varieties and species. 



The Bitter Orange-tree may be known by the 

 broader wing of the petiole. Although the fruits are 

 uneatable, the flowers, as a compensation, are larger 

 arid more highly perfumed than those of the sweet 



