18 CITRUS CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



ing a large head, clear above the main mass of foliage ; the 

 tree is thornless, or nearly so, and is of a dwarf habit. 



PAPER RIND ST. MICHAEL. (Figure No. 4.) 



Fruit small, round, very firm, and very juicy, pale, thin skin, 

 grows very uniform in size, which is a great advantage in pack- 

 ing. They require but little assorting. Ripens late and keeps 



Figure No. 4. 



well on the trees as late as August. The fruit does not drop 

 from the tree when mature as other varieties do. The tree is 

 of a dwarf habit, medium thorny, a good bearer, a very desira- 

 ble variety. Dealers in San Francisco complain that they can 

 not get enough of this variety for the local market. 



ASHER'S BEST. 



The growth of this variety is very much like the Mediter- 

 ranean Sweet; fruit, medium to large; the rind is very thin, 

 juicy, sweet, and few seeds. It has been claimed to be a strain 

 of the Mediterranean Sweet. Mr. Asher, of San Diego, after 

 whom this variety was named, informs me that he bought the 



