SPECIES, VARIETIES, ETC. 103 



menclature of our own varieties it is given below, 

 and such should be authority among the growers 

 in Florida. 



Citron Common. Fruit very large ; color that of 

 ordinary lemon ; rind and pulp white, and almost 

 tasteless ; tree vigorous. 



Orange Citron. Fruit somewhat cone - shaped, 

 more pointed than common variety ; color that of an 

 ordinary orange ; rind cream-colored ; pulp yellow- 

 ish ; rind sweet and highly aromatic ; fruit possesses 

 less bitterness than the common variety ; tree a 

 small, stiff, erect grower. For home use or commer- 

 cial purposes this variety is in general cultivation. 



Tangierine Orange ; synonyms, Mandarin, Kid 

 Glove, Tomato Orange. Size medium ; much flat- 

 tened ; color dark orange ; broad, irregular cavity, 

 with stem obliquely inserted and surrounded by a 

 knobbed eminence ; eye set in a large depression one 

 inch wide and five sixteenths deep ; longitudinal di- 

 ameter two and a half inches, transverse diameter 

 three inches ; skin irregularly ribbed or lobed ; color 

 of flesh very dark orange ; pulp adhering to skin by a 

 few filaments ; sections of pulp easily separated ; pulp 

 coarse ; juice sweet and highly aromatic ; arorna 

 marked ; quality first. Tree of original variety intro- 

 duced by Major Atway, from Bayou Sara, La., and 

 now growing in the grove of Dr. Moragne, at Palatka. 



Dancy ' s Tangierine. Size small ; much flattened ; 

 color deeper and more brilliant than parent variety ; 

 longitudinal diameter one and three quarter inches, 

 transverse diameter two and one quarter inches ; the 

 eye set in a deep cavity seven eighths in diameter ; 



