SPECIES, VARIETIES, ETC. 105 



sixteenths ; longitudinal diameter two inches, trans- 

 verse two and three eighths ; color darker than Navel 

 orange ; foliage differs from other varieties examined ; 

 leaves markedly obovate ; average length about three 

 and one quarter inches ; width about two and five 

 eighths ; grain very fine, juicy, and melting ; juice 

 very sweet and sprightly ; quality best ; a superior 

 fruit in every respect except size. Supposed to be a 

 seedling raised at Arcadia, St. John's county, Florida. 



Arcadia. Size large ; form somewhat flattened ; 

 color deep ; eye set in slight depression ; stalk in- 

 serted in a slight roughened cavity ; skin smooth 

 with marked pits ; thickness of skin three sixteenths ; 

 longitudinal diameter two and three quarter inches ; 

 transverse diameter three and a quarter inches ; color 

 of flesh deep ; grain coarse ; pulp melting ; juice 

 slightly sub-acid ; quality good. Supposed seedling 

 raised at Arcadia, and introduced by the Rev. Will- 

 iam Watkin Hicks. 



Bergamot. Form flattened, with projecting nip- 

 ple ; color deep lemon ; eye absent, and its place oc- 

 cupied by a nipple-like projection ; stem inserted in 

 a slight depression ; skin two sixteenths; longitudi- 

 nal diameter through nipple three inches, transverse 

 three inches ; color of pulp nearly white ; juice sweet 

 and watery without any decided flavor ; rind possesses 

 a pear-like fragrance, from which perfumers obtain 

 their bergamot essences. Only worthy of cultivation 

 as a curiosity. 



Nonpareil. Size about medium ; somewhat flat- 

 ' tened ; color ordinary ; eye broad and set in a slight- 

 ly depressed cavity ; stem inserted in a level, scarred 

 surface ; skin three sixteenths thick ; longitudinal di- 



