78 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



Indian River. Form rounded; size medium to large, 

 3x3 1-16 inches ; color orange, bright ; apex rounded, 

 smooth ; base rounded ; rind 1-8 inch thick, smooth ; oil cells 

 flush with the surface or slightly indented; sections well 

 defined, fairly regular, ten in number; flesh fine grained, 

 orange yellow in color; juice sacks small; juice abundant, 

 colored; pulp melting; acidity and sweetness well blended; 

 flavor rich, excellent and sprightly; pith solid, 1-2 inch 

 across ; seeds present, seventeen to twenty in number, long, 

 oval, pointed; season December-February. 



A native seedling variety, originated on the Indian 

 River, Fla., hence its name. Its origin is probably the 

 same as that given by Mr. W. S. Hart for the Dummitt 

 orange. 



Madam Vinous. Form roundish-oblate; size small, 

 medium or large, 211-16 x 27-8 inches, 23-4 x 33-16 

 inches; color orange; apex rounded or slightly depressed: 

 base rounded, flat, sometimes creased; calyx small, seg- 

 ments pointed; rind fairly smooth, 3-16 inch thick; oil 

 cells flush with the surface or slightly sunken, small ; sec- 

 tions eleven in number ; flesh coarse grained, color orange ; 

 juice sacks large, broad and elongated; juice plentiful 

 colored; pulp melting; acidity normal, sweetness well 

 combined with the acid; flavor rich and good; pith 1-2 

 inch across, solid; seeds present, roundish, flattened, 

 plump and pointed, 1-2 x 3-8 inch; season December-Jan- 

 uary. 



An Indian River seedling originated by Major Ma- 

 gruder, of Rockledge, and introduced about 1882 



Magnum Bonum. Form oblate; size large, 2 3-4 x 

 3 1-4 inches ; color orange yellow ; apex indented, scarred ; 

 base rounded, quite smooth; calyx rather large, the seg- 

 ments blunt pointed, rind quite pitted, leathery, 1-8 inch 



