: 9 8 THE NEW AGRICULTURE. 



gathered at any time to be used in the making of a refreshing 

 beverage. It must be remembered, moreover, that the culti- 

 vation of this tree has as yet hardly begun. From what we 

 know of the possibilities of improving nursery stock, it is 

 confidently believed that striking and valuable modifications 

 will be made in the citrange also, and that the whole south- 

 ern half of the country will yet be beautified and enriched by 

 this new fruit bearing tree. 



In the course of the experiments which led to the creation 

 of the citrange another new product came into being. It 

 was not a pomelo or grape-fruit, as the pomelo is frequently 

 called, neither was it a tangerine, but having some of the 

 characters of each of these, it was decided to call it the tan- 

 gelo, a word formed from the first syllable of the latter and 

 the last syllable of the former. It is a fruit reaching a diam- 

 eter of three inches, somewhat compressed spherically and 

 slightly drawn out at the end. In color it is of a shade darker 

 yellow than the grape-fruit not so red as the tangerine. The 

 skin is thin and easily removed. Its pulp or meat is divided 

 into segments, from nine to eleven, which are easily sep- 

 arated, and the membrane of the cells is thin and tender. 

 The taste is sub-acid more acid than the tangerine, but 

 sweeter than the pomelo. The meat is tender, juicy, and of 

 excellent quality. The grape-fruit owes its popularity to its 

 appetizing qualities, and is largely used as a pre-breakfast 

 food for this purpose. Its somewhat bitter taste, which is 

 probably due to the presence of an alkaloid, renders it a 

 health stimulant, and it is highly recommended for invalids. 

 There is, however, too much acid and too much bitterness 

 in this fruit to suit the taste of a great many people, and with 

 these it is believed that the tangelo will be popular as soon 



