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small stone which is rather soft, and the juice is sweet, 

 with a very delicate flavour. In certain forms the fruit is 

 small, sometimes very small, but then the tree bears 

 quite an enormous quantity of fruits. 



5. The BLOOD-RED POMEGRANATE. (^A Rummiena 

 demmid). The tree is productive, with deep green 

 foliage. The fruit is middling, sometimes large. The 

 peel is light green or yellowish green, often suffused 

 brown or coppery red, and more or less dotted with 

 brown. The grains are fairly large or middling, of a 

 deep blood-red colour, with a hard stone, and slightly 

 acid juice, rather sweet, but with a flat flavour. This 

 variety is considered inferior, and is becoming rare in 

 our gardens. 



6. The SANTA CATERINA POMEGRANATE. (M = 

 Rummiena ta Santa Catarina}. The tree is very 

 productive, with deep green foliage. The fruit is gene- 

 rally small, with a green or light green peel, often dotted 

 or tinted brown. The grains are small, ruby red or 

 bright claret, with a very small and very soft stone. The 

 juice is sweet and has a delicious flavour. The fruit 

 keeps well for a long time, and is little liable to split. 

 This is the best pomegranate as a dessert fruit, 

 notwithstanding its small size and the unattractive 

 colour of the peel. A form producing larger fruits with 

 larger grains is also cultivated, but is far less productive. 



7. The SAN GIUSEPPE POMEGRANATE or MULE'S 

 TOOTH POMEGRANATE. (^A Rummiena ta San Giusepp, 

 or ta Snien il Baghal}. The tree is little productive. 

 The fruit is very large or enormous, sometimes measuring 

 over 20 c.m. in diameter. The peel is comparatively 

 thin, and the colour is greenish yellow, mottled brown, 

 often suffused light pink or light coppery red on one 

 side. The grains are very large and long, flesh-coloured 

 or light pink, with a long but very soft stone. The juice 

 is very abundant and very sweet, with a fairly good 



