THE ORANGE FAMILY. 473 



Season, medium to late; quality very good. Much grown in South 

 Florida. 



Ruby. Medium, roundish; color yellow, with areas of red. Flesh 

 usually reddened, juicy, and sprightly; quite acid until fully ripe. 

 A good bearer, and finds ready sale on account of its colored flesh. 

 Grown across the continent in the orange belts. 



Satsuma (Unshiu). Medium-sized, flattened. Flesh fine-grained 

 sweet, nearly seedless. In California now top-worked on sweet orange. 



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Valencia Late. 



where it ripens earlier. In Florida it is hardier than most varieties, 

 and is worked mainly on Citrus trifoliata; commercial as a fancy thin 

 skinned variety ripening very early in Florida, often the first 



October. 



Seville Sweet. Small, round; color yellow; quality fairly good. 

 Season, very early, and sweet even before it fully colors; used m 

 Florida for early shipments when all other varieties are too sour. 



