CHAPTER VI. 



THE SWEET ORANGES. 



This group of citrus 

 fruits has been known 

 by a number of names, 

 names generally derived 

 from the localities from 

 which they were se- 

 cured. They have been 

 referred to as Portugal 

 oranges, Malta 

 oranges, etc., but the 

 name used above is 

 now generally accepted. 

 It can scarcely be con- 

 s i d e r e d descriptive, 

 however. The taste of a 

 good fruit of this group 

 is not sweet. Sweetness 

 should preponderate, 

 but it should be modi- 

 fied by and blended 

 with acid. Neverthe- 

 less, usage has estab- 

 lished the name and 

 everywhere it is and 

 has been used for hun- 

 dreds of years. These 

 fruits were known to 

 Ferrari as Aurantium vulgare medulla dulci while Volck- 

 amer in 1713 called them Aurantium frucfu child. 



Fig. 8. Flowers of Majorca Orange 

 (Reduced about one-third.) 



