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Eureka. Medium; rind sweet; seeds very few; one of the three 

 best for commercial use, but only grown near the coast in California. 

 The foliage is too thin for hot interior valleys. Does well in South 

 Florida. 



Genoa. Medium, oval; rind sweet; nearly seedless; one of the 

 three leading varieties of South California and South Arizona. 



Imperial Messina. A variety grown in South Florida that has all 

 the requisites of a commercial modern lemon. As yet local. 



Lisbon. Size very uniform, rather oblong; rind thin and sweet. 

 Flesh fine-grained, strongly acid, with few seeds; one of the best 

 keepers. Tree a strong grower and great bearer. Popular at interior 

 points in California and in the nearly frostless parts of Arizona. 



Sicily. This seems an uncertain name for a class almost identical 

 in quality of fruit for curing. The variety popular in South Florida 

 is oval, light yellow, and like Belair in size, quality, and thinness of 

 rind. This is also grown in South Arizona and California. 



Villafranca. Medium, quite uniform, oblong, slightly pointed at 

 apex; rind thin without bitterness, very acid; nearly seedless. A 

 leading commercial variety in South California, Arizona, and South 

 Florida. 



THE LIME. 



The Lime (Citrus medica acida] is most frequently grown from 

 seed, hence the varieties are numerous and variable. This is specially 

 true of the Cuban or West Indian type, which is also grown in lower 

 Florida and on some of the Keys. In addition there are a few varieties 

 propagated by budding or grafting. Budding on Citrus trijoliata has 

 resulted in increasing the hardiness of these varieties. In nearly 

 frostless sections, such as parts of Mexico and the West Indies, it is 

 planted in hedge form. As it is very thorny and impenetrable, these 

 hedges answer the double purpose of a defensive hedge and bearing 

 heavy crops of fruit. The skin is thin and the juice pure-flavored 

 and very acid; it is preferred in tropical regions to the lemon for 

 about all uses. But it does not keep like the lemon, hence is not 

 commercial to the same extent. The fruit is largely used in the 

 manufacture of citric acid in lower Florida, the West Indies, and in 

 British India. The fruits are shipped from flower Florida and the 

 West Indies in immense quantity to the Atlantic coast cities during 

 summer and autumn, but they are rarely seen in the interior cities. 



