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Citrus and Tropical Fruit Culture 
STANDARD LIMES 
MEXICAN LIME 
Fruit. Rather small in size, oblong or oval ; color a 
pale lemon yellow; peel smooth and thin; flesh fine 
grained and grayish-green in color; juice abundant and 
translucent; acid strong; flavor decidedly that of the lime 
rather than lemon; almost seedless. 
Tree. Medium and compact, growing from 10 to 25 
feet in height; thorny; often cultivated as a hedge plant. 
History. This variety was beyond question first intro- 
duced at an early period into Old Mexico by the Span- 
iards, from whence it found its way to California and 
Florida. 
TAHITI LIME (Bearss Seedless) 
Fruit. Size of a small lemon, decidedly oval in shape; 
peel smooth and thin; flesh fine grained with a greenish 
tinge; juice plentiful and practically colorless; acid pure 
and strong; flavor of the best; seedless; also known as 
Bearss Seedless. 
Tree. Of good shape, 10 to 25 feet high, with a good 
spread of limbs; fruit produced singly and in clusters, 
well protected by foliage; slightly thorny. 
History. An introduction from the Island of Tahiti. 
NEW AND RARE VARIETIES OF LIMES 
RANGPUR LIME (Red Lime) 
Fruit. Both the peel and pulp have a rich reddish 
color. The peel is loose, somewhat like the Mandarin. 
The juice has the acidity of the Lime and Lemon. 
Tree. Fairly vigorous growth and said to be as hardy 
as the Lemon. 
History. Introduced from India. 
THORNLESS LIME 
Fruit. Medium size and good quality, having the true 
lime flavor. 
Tree. Compact and uniform in growth and prac- 
tically thornless. Quite ornamental in appearance. 
History. Introduced from South America by Dr. Fran- 
ceschi of Santa Barbara. 
SWEET LIME 
Fruit. Of medium size with an abundance of highly 
flavored juice and unlike other limes it contains less acid 
and more sugar, making it quite sweet to the taste. 
Tree. Fairly vigorous but quite tender. Should be 
planted in a warm location. 
History. Introduced bv the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture from Europe. 
STANDARD POMELOS 
MARSH'S SEEDLESS POMELO 
Fruit. Medium size; peel thin, with half the usual 
bitter; a true pomelo (grape fruit) and not a hybrid; prac- 
tically seedless, specimens with merely rudimentary seeds 
being rare; juice abundant and of exceptionally fine 
flavor; flesh dark and rich. . In serving you are not 
required to remove from 25 to 40 seeds, as is necessary 
with the common grape fruit, but is ready for the table 
when cut in halves; being devoid of seeds to germinate 
when left late on the trees or in storage, enhances its 
keeping qualities, which is a great factor in its favor; 
cures and keeps like the lemon. 
Tree. Strong, vigorous, compact, grower, and when at 
its best is indeed an object of beauty with its liberal fur- 
nishing of rich deep green foliage and great bunches of 
pure lemon-yellow globe-shaped fruit; a good bearer; 
quality and flavor of fruit is greatly enhanced by liberal 
dressings of fertilizer to the soil ; when setting a heavy 
crop, the fruit should be thinned out, thus affording the 
tree opportunity to perfect the remaining fruits, insuring 
quality, size and volume of juice. 
History. The Marsh Seedless Pomelo was originally 
introduced by Mr. C. M. Marsh, of Lakeland, Florida, in 
1895-96. The original tree was a seedling, and the fruit 
being without seed and of good flavor, at once brought 
it into public notice. Its introduction into California 
occurred about twenty years ago. The Shaddock, to 
which the Pomelo belongs, is native to the Malayan and 
Polynesian Islands. 
TRIUMPH 
Fruit. Medium; peel smooth, clear, thin and fine- 
grained; less "rag" than in most grapefruits, and fewer 
seeds; very heavy; juicy and well flavored. There is no 
bitter in the juice, flesh or membrane surrounding the 
cells and dividing the segments, and very little in the 
white inner lining of the peel. Like the preceding, the 
fruit cures and keeps equally as well as the lemon. 
Tree. Of good habit and comes into bearing young; 
prolific. Among the best of the later introductions. 
Marsh Seedles pomelo 
