CHAPTER XV. 

 BIGARADE ORANGE GROUP VARIETIES. 



Fig-. 13. Filer Bigarade Orange. 

 (Three-fourths natural size.) 



Bitter Sweet. Form, oblong, flattened at the ends; 

 size medium or large, 2% x 2% inches, 3 x 3% inches ; 

 color deep orange; apex flattened, depressed; base flat- 

 tened, rough, depressed; calyx small, set in a depression; 

 rind smooth or somewhat uneven, i/4 inch thick, adhering 

 rather loosely; oil-cells of medium size; flesh dark orange; 

 sections 8 to 10; juice sacks of medium size, spindle- 

 shaped; juice abundant, cojored; pulp melting; flavor of 

 juice sweet or sweetish, inner rind and partitions very 

 bitter, somewhat musky, peculiar; pith Vi> to % inch 

 across ; seeds five to eight, wedged, season, January-March. 



The history of this variety in Florida dates back to 

 the first Spanish explorations and settlements. In tree 

 and external appearance of the fruit, the Bitter- Sweet is 

 indistinguishable from the sour orange, and the only 

 striking difference is in the flavor of the fruit, the juice 



