THE SWEET ORANGES VARIETIES. 3 



orange yellow; juice sacks small, spindle-shaped ; juice 

 abundant, colorless; pulp melting, free from rag; acidity 

 and sweetness well blended; flavor rich and vinous; quality 

 excellent; pith small; seeds present, about ten in number, 

 long and pointed or oval, plump, 5-8 x 3-8 inch; season 

 November-December. 



This variety was brought to notice by the late E. H, 

 Hart about 1876. Though the fruit ripens early, it can be 

 held until quite late, and on the whole it is a very desira- 

 ble variety. Introduced by Mr. E. S. Hubbard, of Federal 

 Point, Florida. 



Circassian. Form rounded or depressed ; size medium 

 to large, 23-4x3 inches, 3x3 3-16 inches ; color light yel- 

 low; apex rounded; base rounded, smooth; calyx small, 

 the lobes short and blunt; rind thin, 1-8 inch thick, quite 

 smooth; oil cells slightly elevated, numerous and of good 

 size; sections clearly marked, quite regular, ten to fifteen 

 in number; flesh fine grained, yellow; juice sacks long, 

 spindle-shaped, slender ; juice plentiful, colored ; pulp melt- 

 ing; acidity and sweetness normal and well blended; flavor 

 very good; pith solid, 3-4 inch across; seeds present, ob- 

 long or oval, pointed, ten to twenty-one in number, 5-8 x 

 3-8 inch; season December to February. 



Circassian is a foreign introduction through the Riv- 

 ers Nurseries. 



Du Roi. Form oblong; size medium to large, 2 7-8 x 

 3 inches, 3 3-16 x 3 1-16 inches ; color yellow, deep orange 

 or reddish when fully matured; apex rounded; base 

 creased, flat; calyx of good size, segments pointed; rind 

 creased or almost ribbed, rough, 1-8 to 3-16 inch thick; oil 

 cells flush with the surface or sometimes rather sunken; 

 sections eleven, small, well defined ; flesh fine grained, yel- 

 lowish orange in color; juice sacks long, spindle-shaped; 



