274 Volusia Orange. 



I am well aware that nothing new is presented in the above views 

 and facts, but most intelligent horticulturists sustain the position as- 

 sumed. But this, too, do I know, that the people at large demand from 

 the nurserymen large and high-trained pear trees. 



Any intelligent nurseryman understands that a low-trained standard 

 pear tree, of stocky, thrifty growth and good form, is better than a high- 

 headed one ; but nurserymen being mortal creatures, with the glitter of 

 the "almighty dollar" in their vision, quite naturally grow what their 

 customers demand and will pay the most money for, viz., large, old, 

 high-trained trees. Reform must come from those who buy and plant, 

 rather than from those of us who grow standard pears for sale. 



VOLUSIA ORANGE. 



By H. G. LuNGREN, M. D., Volusia, Fla. 



I BELIEVE I can present to horticulturists a new variety of the orange 

 — a variety which possesses many good qualities. It originated near 

 Volusia, Florida, and came from a chance seed. The tree bearing 

 these oranges is quite young, never having yet borne its full crop. The 

 orange seems to be an accidental cross between the wild or sour orange 

 and the sweet or Chinese variety, having the large size, thick rind, and 

 rough, oil}' skin of the sour, and the rich, highly-flavored, deep-colored 

 pulp of the sweet orange. In taste it is quite sweet, yet with sufficient 

 acidity to make it jDleasant. The rough skin is free from warts or other 

 imperfections, the oil tubercules being even throughout, and much 

 raised above the surface ; in this respect being so different from the 

 sweet and Mandarin orange. The fruit is slightly oblong, measuring, 

 on an average, about three and three quarters inches in height, by three 

 and a quarter to three and a half inches in diameter, and is much 

 flattened at the ends. Color, lemon-yellow ; weight, about twelve or 

 thirteen ounces, often one pound. The smell of the orange is delight- 

 ful, ])eing much more spicy, and the flavor of the pulp much finer, than 



