THE SWEET ORANGES VARIETIES. 75 



In a letter from Mr. W. S. Hart, of Hawk's Park, Fla., 

 dated July 12, 1903, he says: "This variety was budded 

 from a wild sweet tree into the Captain Dummitt grove 

 between Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River. These wild 

 sweet trees were found in Turnbull Hammock back of 

 Hawk's Park, by John D. Sheldon in 1832. He trans- 

 planted 600 of them to the Sheldon place, now known as 

 the Packwood place, on the Hillsborough River, now 

 known as Indian River North. Most of the Indian River 

 fruit came from these trees." 



Early Oblong (St. Michael's Egg). Form oblong 

 rounded; size medium to large; 3x3 inches; color yellow 

 to orange ; apex rounded, sloping abruptly, slightly de- 

 pressed; base flattened, slightly shouldered, smooth or 

 somewhat creased; calyx small, elevated; rind smooth, 

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

 slightly elevated; sections eleven to thirteen; flesh yellow 

 to orange yellow, of medium grain; juice sacks spindle- 

 shaped, broad at the base; juice plentiful, colored; pulp 

 melting; acidity and sweetness quite well combined; flavor 

 sweet, good; pith compact, 1-2 inch across; seeds present, 

 twenty-two in number, oval, pointed or rounded, plump, 

 rather large; season September-October. 



A variety originally from the May's Grove, Orange 

 Mills, Florida, and apparently identical with the St. Mi- 

 chael's Egg from Rivers' English Nurseries. 



Enterprise (Enterprise Seedless). Form roundish, 

 oblong; size large, 215-16 x 31-4 inches; color orange; 

 apex slightly depressed; base creased, shouldered; calyx 

 depressed; rind pitted, 1-8 inch or more in thickness; oil 

 cells large; sections twelve, rather irregular in size; flesh 

 coarse, orange in color ; juice sacks large, spindle-shaped ; 

 juice abundant, colored ; acidity and sweetness well com- 



