12 NEW GUIDE TO OKANGE CULTURE. 



Bell. Size large, form pear or bell-shaped, skin thin and smooth, color 

 light orange, pulp melting and delicious. Except in the size of the fruit it 

 closely resembles the Egg, q. v. 



Creole. A large, fine orange of delicious flavor and excellent shipping 

 qualities. It was introduced into Florida from Louisiana, by Mr. J. L. 

 Burton, of Crescent City, Florida. 



Dll Roi. A medium sized orange, with tender pulp and delicious fla- 

 vor. While growing, the fruit is marked by longitudinal stripes of light 

 and dark green ; when ripe is ribbed like a muskmelon. This appearance 

 gradually becomes indistinct if allowed to remain long on the tree after 

 ripening. The skin is firm. The tree a strong grower and prolific bearer. 



Imported and introduced by Mr. S. B. Parsons, the well-known nursery- 

 man of Flushing, N. Y. It has been fruited for several years in Florida. 



DulciSSima. Synonym, Dulcis. Fruit small, very sweet, generally 

 seedless. A prolific bearer. Well known in Paris- 

 Imported by Mr. A. I. Bidwell, Jacksonville, Florida 



Excelsior. Medium sized, round, sweet,' delicious, slight pine-apple 

 flavor. 

 Imported by Mr. Parsons. 



Exquisite. A thin rinded, rich and juicy fruit. A variety from Rivers, 

 not yet fruited in Florida. 



Egg. Small size, oval, thin skinned, very sweet, and lacking the sub- 

 acid of other varieties. It is very early, and then at its highest perfection. 

 Tree hardy, leaves elliptical, acute, and scattering ; branches slender and 

 thornless. 



It has long been grown in Florida, and is valuable as an early variety for 

 home use. 



Egg, (St. Michael's.) A very large, thick rinded, oval orange; remark- 

 ably juicy, but not rich ; a great bearer. 



Imported from the Island of St. Michael's, and not fruited in Florida. 



* HomOSaSSa. Size about medium, somewhat flattened, very heavy, 

 color bright ; skin very smooth, thin, tough, and dense ; pulp fine, sweet, 

 and juicy ; flavor full, vinous, and sprightly ; membrane covering segments 

 of pulp very thin and small in quantity ; ripens very early, and keeps and 

 carries well. One of the best for general cultivation. 



Seedling raised at Homosassa, Florida. 



Maltese Blood. Fruit large, sweet, juicy, and seedless. It is distin- 

 guished by the blood-red color of the pulp. This appears in the form of 

 flakes when the fruit begins to ripen, which gradually increase until the 

 entire pulp is colored. The tree is thornless. 



