108 ORANGE CULTURE IN FLORIDA. 



. sweet ; inferior quality to Hicks' variety. Origin, 

 Mandarin, Florida. 



Sweet Lemon. Size very small ; form much flat- 

 tened ; color rusty, grayish yellow ; instead of eye a 

 marked nipple set in a deep cavity ; stem inserted in 

 a slight depression ; thickness of skin two sixteenths ; 

 longitudinal diameter two inches, transverse two 

 and one eighth ; color of flesh dark lemon ; grain of 

 pulp coarse ; juice sweet and insipid, with slight 

 lemon flavor. Curious, but unworthy of cultivation. 



The following appeared in the Florida Agricul- 

 turist, from the pen of A. H. Manville, one of our 

 most intelligent nurserymen : 



SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 



In planting for profit it would be almost impossible 

 for a person unacquainted with the many varieties of 

 'the citrus to make an intelligent selection without a 

 more comprehensive guide than a brief description of 

 the different varieties. 



Of the varieties of the Sweet Orange known 

 in Florida, the Bell, Du Roi, Egg, Blood, and 

 Navel are distinctly marked and readily distin- 

 guishable by their appearance. The Bell which 

 must not be confounded with the insipid, thick- 

 skinned, early, oblong variety and ihe Du Roi are 

 in every respect superior fruit ; their fine quality 

 will always command for them a high price, while 

 their distinctive characteristics will prevent deception 

 or confusion regarding their' variety. The Navel 

 ranks among the first for size and quality ; and, like 

 the above, its peculiar mark will distinguish it in mar- 



