88 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



color orange; apex rounded; base rounded, shouldered; 

 calyx small; rind slightly pitted, 1-8 to 3-16 inch thick; 

 oil cells depressed; sections ten, partitions thin; flesh 

 coarse grained, orange colored; juice sacks small; juice 

 plentiful, colored; pulp melting; acidity and sweetness 

 well blended; flavor rich, vinous, quality excellent; pith 

 small, 1-4 to 1-2 inch across; seeds present, oblong or oval, 

 pointed, six in number, large or medium ; season February- 

 March. 



Imported from the Island of St. Michael into Califor- 

 nia and thence into all the American citrus districts. 



Pineapple. Form somewhat variable, varying from 

 nearly round to slightly oblate, occasional specimens being 

 quite compressed ; size medium to large, 21-2 x 2 3-4 

 inches, 2 15-16 x 3 1-4 inches; color deep orange, full ripe 

 well colored specimens show a reddish tinge; apex 

 rounded or very slightly depressed and scarred; base 

 rounded, very smooth; calyx small, segments rounded, 

 blunt; rind smooth, bright, glossy and satiny, 1-8 inch 

 thick; oil cells small, quite conspicuous, flush with the! 

 surface or slightly elevated; sections eleven, slightly ir- 

 regular; flesh of medium grain, orange yellow; juice sacks 

 pointed, spindle-shaped, small; juice abundant, yellowish 

 in color; pulp melting; acidity and sweetness well 

 blended; flavor excellent, rich, vinous, sprightly; pith 

 solid, 1-4 to 1-2 inch; seeds present, thirteen to twenty- 

 three in number, flattened, plump, pointed, large, 11-16 

 x 5-16 inch; season January and February, although it 

 may sometimes be held later. 



Introduced by Bishop and Hoyt, of Citra, Fla. By 

 some it is said to have originated in a small clump, of 

 seedlings near Citra, while others say it came from Lake 

 Harris. 



