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breakfast fruit when served with sugar, the firm segmental 

 membrane rendering it easy to remove the pulp with a spoon. 



When it is remembered that the citrange tree is semi-ever- 

 green, shapely, abundantly foliate and in every way attractive, 

 and that it can be grown without protection throughout the 



CHAPTER VI., FIG. 53- SECTION OF MORTON CITRANGE. 



whole region of the gulf and south Atlantic states, where there 

 is at present a dearth of acid fruits, its value will readily be 

 understood. It is recommended that throughout the region 

 of its adaptability a few trees should be planted in every yard. 

 The attractions of a home will certainly be enhanced if, during 

 the warm days which prevail in this region between the 1st 

 of September and the ist of November, a few fruits may be 



