CALIFORNIA CITRUS CULTURE. 



93 



secure ''Citrus Fruits and Their Culture, 

 lished by the Orange-Judd Company. 



by H. Harold Hume, pub- 



Citrus nobilis Lour. 



The Mandarin oranges, which include the dancy tangerine (Fig. 63), 

 are very peculiar. The trees are small, the foliage dense, the branches 

 with small, sharp spines, leaves small with short petioles, slightly 

 winged, and the fruit, usually reddish orange, very flat with the rind 

 loose from the pulp so that it can be readily separated, while the nine 



FIG. 64. Pomelo tree in fruit. 

 (After Lelong.) 



to fifteen sections of the pulp separate very easily the one from the 

 other. Except for curiosity, these Mandarin oranges would have little 

 to recommend them, as the pulp is less melting than that of the sweet 

 oranges and the juice is often unpleasantly tart. I think the pulp 

 usually lacks flavor. Hume gives ten varieties of the Mandarins; one 

 other of these, the Satsuma, has been planted not a little in California. 

 From its deep color, pleasing pulp and absence of rag, the dancy tan- 

 gerine is interesting and desirable for show. While these sell well, 

 ofttimes, I think no one setting a commercial orchard would think now 

 of using these trees. 



