CHAPTER XVI. 

 THE SWEET ORANGES VARIETIES. 



I. SPANISH ORANGES. 



Acme (Beach's Acme). Form oblate; size medium to 

 large, 25-8x3 inches; color orange; apex rounded, very 

 slightly depressed, scarred; base slightly creased; calyx 

 small ; rind smooth, thin and leathery ; oil cells large, flush 

 with the surface ; sections eleven, rather irregular in size ; 

 flesh of medium grain, orange yellow in color ; juice sacks 

 rather large; juice plentiful, colored; pulp melting, free 

 from rag ; acidity and sweetness well blended ; flavor rich 

 and vinous; quality very good; pith small; seeds present, 

 oval, pointed, about fourteen in number, of medium size; 

 season December-January. Introduced by the late A. J. 

 Beach. 



Arcadia. Form oblate or rounded oblate; medium to 

 large, 3x3 3-16 inches, 23-4x3 1-4 inches ; color, orange ; 

 apex rounded ; base slightly creased, rounded ; calyx small ; 

 rind smooth or slightly pitted, thin; oil cells flush with 

 the surface, or sometimes sunken: sections about thirteen 

 in number, clearly marked; flesh coarse grained, orange 

 yellow in color; juice sacks long, spindle-shaped; juice 

 abundant, colored; pulp melting; acidity and sweetness 

 not well blended, the acid being deficient; flavor rather 

 insipid; quality fair; pith large; seeds present, oval, 

 pointed or oblong, twenty-four in number, 1-2 x 3-8 inch; 

 season December-January. 



Arcadia is supposed to have originated as a seedling 

 at Arcadia, Florida, and was introduced into cultiva- 

 tion bv the Rev. William Watkin Hicks. 



