56 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



Nagami, height 10 feet, 9 inches; distance across the 

 head, 10 feet, 8 inches; stock, rough lemon. 



Nagami, height 9 feet, 3 inches; distance across the 

 head, 11 feet, 8 inches; stock, rough lemon. 



Nagami, height 8 feet, 2 inches; distance across the 

 head, 8 feet; stock, sweet orange. 



Marumi, height 8 feet, 8 inches; distance across the 

 head, 8 feet; stock, pomelo. 



These were budded in 1894 on two-year-old stocks 

 and were set out in their present position and started 

 growth in the spring of 1895. The tops are round and 

 symmetrical, as the measurements would indicate, and the 

 branches sweep the ground. 



A large Nagami kumquat may also be seen on the 

 grounds of Reasoner Bros., at Oneco, Fla. The specimen 

 is 10 feet high and 10 feet, 6 inches across the top, while 

 the trunk is 4 inches in diameter just above the union with 

 the stock. The stock is a rough lemon shoot. The tree 

 is badly shaded and the top, in consequence, is not sym- 

 metrical, but it bears well. At the time it was observed 

 and measured (December, 1901) it was carrying a crop 

 of from three thousand to three thousand five hundred 

 fruits, of which it takes from forty to fifty to make a quart. 



Seedling kumquats would not attain the size of those 

 budded upon strong, vigorous stocks. 



As pointed out in the chapter on Mandarin Oranges, 

 they are an exceedingly hardy group of fruits, but the 

 hardiest members of that group are fully equalled by the 

 kumquats. While all of them are quite hardy, the variety 

 Marumi appears to be considerably hardier than Nagami. 



Mr. Fortune saw large numbers of these plants in 

 Southern China, where they were grown in pots, and said 

 that it was a common plant in the nursery gardens of 



