THE ORANGE. 645 



TANGERINE ORANGES. 



A section of C. nobilis commonly called Tangerine is a more 

 robust and sizeable tree, with larger foliage, and fruit of the 

 same shape and size, but of a lobster-red color, This fruit is 

 greatly admired, and more in request on account of its showy 

 appearance, but in delicacy of flavor scarcely equals the yel- 

 low. A small variety of Tangerine, the Spice or Cleopatra, is 

 of quite inferior quality, but an enormous bearer and very 

 showy and ornamental. Used for garnishing tables. 



Bergamot (C. Bergamia). Fruit pear-shaped, pale yellow, with 

 green, sub-acid, firm, fragrant pulp ; fruit and foliage distinct. 

 Oil of bergamot is distilled from the rind. 



C. Desimatus. An odd variety grown for ornament, with drooping 

 leaves, no two alike. 



King. (King of Siam.) A large variety of Tangerine, of more 

 globular shape, introduced from Cochin China in 1882. Skin 

 thick and uneven, dark red and loosely adhering ; pulp mild and 

 delicious. Tree thorny and robust, with large foliage. Tha 

 habit of ripening late when other varieties of C. nobilis are out 

 of season, together with other prime qualities, recommended it 

 for general cultivation. California. 



Kumquat (C. faponica}. A small shrub hardier than the orange, 

 upon which or trifoliata it is usually worked. Fruit about an inch 

 in diameter, with sweet rind and acid juice, wholesome and re- 

 freshing. Large quantities preserved in sugar are imported from 

 China. There are two kinds, round and oval. 



Myrtle-Leaved Orange (C. myrtifolia}. A handsome dwarf tree, 

 with small, dense, dark green, glossy leaves, bearing a small 

 flattened fruit of little use. A beautiful shrub for ornamental 

 grounds. 



Philip's Bittersweet. Resembles the sour orange in leaf and fruit, 

 and is found intermingled with it in the wild groves of Florida. 

 Its juice is insipidly sweet, and the white inner rind extremely 

 bitter and disagreeable, which spoils it for commercial purposes. 

 Florida. 



Satsuma is another section of C. nobilis, with tree and foliage more 

 like the regular orange, but with fruit of a bright yellow, closely 

 resembling the Mandarin. Nearly seedless. It ripens earlier 

 and is quite hardy, particularly when budded on trifoliata. The 

 flavor is less spicy and aromatic. It is in great request for plant- 

 ing in exposed situations, too cold for other oranges. Identical 

 with Unshiu of Japan. Has not been a profitable commercial 

 sort. Japan. 



Tangerona. A recent importation from Brazil, evidently a hybrid 

 of the Mandarin, judging from the pulp, which resembles Sat- 



