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Rico is of this class. In California they have not proved 

 desirable in most cases. The name has been given because 

 the oranges of this group have come from the Spanish 

 introductions of two or three centuries ago. 



MEDITERRANEAN ORANGES. 



Tree standard or half dwarf, generally distinct in 

 habit of growth, many of them not distinguishable from 

 blood oranges; foliage abundant, leaves small, closely set, 

 or larger and resembling those of the Spanish oranges; 

 fruit heavy, rich, vinous, of excellent quality, fine grained, 

 round oblate or somewhat oval, ripening in mid-season 

 or later; seeds oval, plump, pointed. 



The fruit of this group is of the same general nature 

 as the blood oranges, lacking the blood color. The size 

 is larger and many of them are more prolific, though in 

 these respects many are similar to the bloods. 



Most varieties of this group have been introduced 

 from the Mediterranean region. Some have come from 

 the Azores and some from Palestine. Some have origi- 

 nated in Florida and other parts of America. 



They are here called the Mediterranean oranges be- 

 cause they have come either directly or indirectly from 

 the citrus districts of southern Europe. Some have been 

 imported direct, some have come by way of the Azores. 

 It is probable that it would be more satisfactory to sub- 

 divide this group, as there are some divergences from the 

 main type, of which Jaffa and Majorca may be said to 

 be representative. 



BLOOD. ORANGES. 



Tree dwarfish, compact, distinct in habit of growth; 

 foliage abundant, the leaves small, oval, rounded, gener- 

 ally almost without wings ; fruit when fully matured hav- 



