CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE 



CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



BOTANY, HISTORY, VARIETIES. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



Commercial Status of Citrus Culture 1-6 



Distribution of citrus fruits Fruit as first used in re- 

 gions where grown American markets supplied with 

 Mediterranean fruit Development of the industry- 

 Recent developments Lemons in California Pomelos in 

 Florida Output of citrus fruits from Florida and Cali- 

 forniaAdvance in cultural methods Personal factor in 

 success Markets not all supplied The outlook. 



CHAPTER II. 



Citrus Relationships 7-10 



Family Rutacew Mostly native of tropical regions Citrus 

 not indigenous in America Leaves of plants allied to 

 Citrus Evolution of citrus leaf Lemon farthest removed 

 from ancestral type. 



CHAPTER III. 



Botany of Citrus Fruits 11-20 



The problem of classification The latest system Wild 

 forms mostly extinct Different forms regarded as spe- 

 cies Native home of citrus Confusion in naming the 

 lemons and limes Oil-cells not distinctive Juice-sacks 

 useful in classification Family Rutacew Genus Citrus 

 Description of species cultivated in America. 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Trifoliate Orange 21-24 



Useless commercially except for stocks Hybrids between 

 trifoliate and sweet oranges First mention of trifoliate 

 orange in literature Its nomenclature Introduction 

 into America. 



