90 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



quality excellent; seeds present, few, about six in number, 

 large, oval, plump; season late March to June. 



Introduced by the late E. H. Hart, of Federal Point, 

 Fla. It came originally from the Rivers' Nurseries and 

 was imported into America by Mr. S. B. Parsons, of 

 Flushing, Long Island, about 1870. Said by some writers 

 to be the same as Valencia Late. 



White. Form round or slightly oblate; medium to 

 large, 25-8x3 inches, 2 13-16 x 3 1-16 inches ; color light 

 yellow; apex rounded, scarred; base rounded, smooth; 

 calyx small; rind smooth, thin, 1-8 inch or slightly less; 

 oil cells flush with the surface; sections thirteen, small, 

 fairly regular; flesh fine grained, yellow in color; juice 

 sacks small, spindle-shaped ; juice abundant, colored ; 

 pulp melting; acidity and sweetness combined in good pro- 

 portions; flavor rich, vinous and of excellent quality; 

 pith small, close; seeds present, twenty to twenty-seven 

 in number, oval and pointed, or wedge-shaped and oblong, 

 5-8 x 3-8 inch, plump ; season December-February. 



Introduced from the Rivers' Nurseries. 



III. BLOOD ORANGES. 



Maltese. Form round, or oblong rounded; size 

 medium to large 3x3 inches; color deep orange; apex 

 slightly indented; base creased, calyx set in a slight 

 depression; stem of medium size; rind smooth, medium 

 thick; oil cells elevated or indented, balloon shaped, 

 large; flesh dark orange, streaked with red, sometimes 

 varying to blood red, fine grained; sections well defined, 

 eleven in number; juice sacks spindle-shaped, small or 

 medium; juice yellowish or yellowish red; flavor sweet 

 well blended with acid; quality very good; pith small, 

 seeds four to eight, small roundish. 



