74 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



Boone ( Boone- s Early). Form rounded; size med- 

 ium, 2 7-8 x 3 1-16 inches, 2 9-16 x 3 inches; color deep yel- 

 low; apex rounded, scarred, slightly depressed; base flat- 

 tened; calyx rather large, segments pointed; rind smooth, 

 1-8 to 3-16 inch thick ; oil cells flush with the surface ; sec- 

 tions eleven; flesh yellowish orange, medium coarse; juice 

 sacks spindle-shaped, elongated or rather short; juice 

 abundant, colored; pulp melting; acidity and sweetness 

 fairly good, but the acid not strongly developed, flavor 

 very good; pith medium size, 1-2 inch across; seeds pres- 

 ent, short, pointed, of medium size, twenty-five in num- 

 ber; season October to middle of November Should be 

 shipped as soon as colored, as it is likely to drop. 



This variety is said to have been originated by "Old 

 Man Giddings/' three or four miles south of Webster. 

 The seed from which the trees came were given him by a 

 man who passed that way about thirty years ago. The 

 variety, according to Mr. W. S. Hart, was propagated and 

 sold by David Collins, of Webster, for many years under 

 the name of "The Giddings." Under the name "Boone," it 

 was brought to notice by Mr. C. A. Boone, of Orlando, in 

 the fall of 1889. 



Dummitt. Form rounded or slightly oblate; size 

 large, 31-8 x 3 1-16 inches ; color light orange ; apex 

 rounded; base slightly creased; calyx of medium size, seg- 

 ments pointed; rind slightly pitted, thin; oil cells flush 

 with the surface or somewhat sunken; sections eleven in 

 number, rather regular in size ; flesh yellow, coarse-grained ; 

 juice sacks of medium size, spindle-shaped ; pulp melting ; 

 acidity and sweetness fairly well blended; flavor fairly 

 good; quality medium; pith small, 1-4 to 1-2 inch; seeds 

 about fourteen in number, large, oblong, creased or ridged ; 

 season December-February. 



