ABOUT VARIETIES. 141 



PHILLIPS' BITTER SWEET. 



Fruit large; skin thin; pulp tender, juicy, and sub- 

 acid; slightly bitter and aromatic; an excellent summer 

 fruit ; the tree is thornless ; is a hybrid between the sweet 

 and sour orange. Every grove should have a few trees. 



MALTESE BLOOD. 



Fruit large, sweet, juicy and seedless; takes its name 

 from the peculiar color of the pulp, which is blood-red 

 in flakes when half ripe, but entirely so when ripe. A 

 favorite fruit ; the tree is thornless. 



There are many other varieties of the orange cultivated 

 in Florida, but these are widely known and highly es- 

 teemed, and a wise selection from those we have named 

 will be all-sufficient to secure an ample reward of the 

 golden fruit, although it would doubtless be well to set 

 out a few of each new variety introduced, and thus grad- 

 ually determine the most valuable. 



