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Sweet Seville. Small, color dark, skin thin, pulp very 

 fine, juicy, melting, and very sweet and sprightly. 



Mandarin, or Tangerine, Kid Glove Medium or 

 small size, color dark orange ; skin medium, irregularly 

 ribbed, flattened r tomato shaped ; pulp coarse, readily 

 parting from the skin, and the sections also part readily 

 from each other ; juicy, sweet and highly aromatic This 

 orange is becoming very popular as a table fruit on ac- 

 count of the ease with which the pulp may be got at with- 

 out soiling the hands. This orange is known in Florida 

 under the cognomen of Tangerine, but is undoubtedly the 

 old Mandarin. There are several seedling varieties, one 

 of. the best of which we ever saw was exhi-bited last winter 

 at the State fair by Doctor Wall, of Tampa. 



Sugar Sweet. Small, globular, smooth, thin skin, pulp 

 fine, tender, juicy, very sweet and delicious. A beautiful 

 little orange, called sometimes the " picnic orange '' on 

 account of its size and the number which will go in a box. 

 Tree said to be very prolific. Every grove should contain 

 a few trees for variety, and on account of its early ripening 

 (October), and for the excellence OL its fruit. 



Satsuma. A native of the island of Kiusiu, Japan, 

 and named after one of the chief cities of that island by 

 request of Mrs. General Van Valkenburg 



The trees of this variety and species were introduced 

 into Florida by Dr. George II. Hall in 1876 and also by 

 Mrs. Van Valkenburg in 1878. Tho trees were imported 

 direct from Japan. 



The variety belongs to the loose rinded species, Citrus 

 Aurantium Japonieum. The fruit is medium size, flat- 

 tened, deep orange color, smooth thin skin, which is sweet, 



