CHAPTER VI. 



ORNAMENTAL VARIETIES. (Japanese and Chinese origin.) 



CLASS F. 



DWARF MANDARIN. 



This tree is very ornamental. The fruit is very red in 

 color; flattened at the poles; generally has an outgrowth at 

 the bloom end, resembling the Australian Navel. 



When the fruit is unripe it is very bitter; but when fully 

 ripe, and if the rind is separated carefully, can be eaten. The 

 rind has a peculiar aroma, which is disagreeable. Through 

 the summer, when all other oranges are gone, this tree is full 

 of fruit. As few care for it, the fruit being of such a deep red, 

 makes it highly ornamental. 



POMELO. 



PUMALQ. 



Ornamental only. A tree with large deep green foliage; 

 fruit very large, weighing from 2 to 5 pounds each; has a 

 peculiar odor; not eatable, unless in strictly tropical countries. 



GRAPE FRUIT (CAL.). 



This fruit is claimed to be of distinct species, but is a variety 

 of the Shaddock ; fruit of a pale yellow, resembling the Citron ; 

 skin very smooth ; pulp subacid, with a decided flavor of grape, 

 hence its name; tree very ornamental; semi-dwarf. 



SHADDOCK. (Mammoth. Figure No. 5.) 



Native of China or Japan. It was brought to the West 

 Indies by one Captain Shaddock, from whom it has taken its 

 name. It is also known as Pumpel-mouse. 



