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6. The PONZIN LEMON is usually large, elongated, 

 with a long navel and an uneven and thick peel, deep 

 yellow at maturity. 



7. The ORANGE- LEMON. (M.=Lumza-farmgia}. 

 The fruit looks like a common lemon in size and shape; 

 the peel is of a deep yellow, and the pulp is in colour like 

 that of an orange, but is sprightly acid. This is a true 

 lemon, the blossoms and foliage being quite distinct 

 from those of the lemon-orange or "bizzarria". There 

 is a form containing few seeds or none, the pulp of 

 which becomes sweetish and tastes like an orange when 

 fully ripe. 



8. The FURROWED LEMON. (M=Lumi scannel/at}. 

 The tree is very vigorous and productive. The fruit is 

 of the size of the common lemon, but has longitudinal 

 ridges or folds from stalk to navel. The peel is very 

 thick, and the pulp is juicy and very acid. The peel is 

 very rich in essential oil of the strongest quality. 



9. The VARIEGATED LEMON. The leaves are beau- 

 tifully variegated with white, yellowish white, and light 

 green, and the fruit which is of the size and shape of the 

 common lemon, is when green striped with the same 

 colours, the variegation being still quite visible at 

 maturity. 



10. The SWEET LEMON. (M. = Litmt kelu). The 

 fruit is in size and shape like an ordinary lemon, but the 

 juice is sweet, without any trace of acidity. 



11. The SHUTTLECOCK LEMON. (M. = Lumi mec- 

 cuc). The fruit is large, very elongated and pointed at 

 both ends. The peel is deep yellow, and the juice is very 

 abundant and of good quality, but the tree is not 

 productive 



12. The SEEDLESS LEMON. This is probably a 

 bud sport of the everflowing lemon, raised in a garden at 

 Casal Balzan towards 1875. The fruit is similar to the 

 everflowering lemon, but rather flattened towards the 



