MANDARIN ORANGES VARIETIES. l()3 



ness, loosely attached, in very ripe specimens separating 

 entirely from the pulp ball; oil cells small, numerous; sec- 

 tions fifteen, small; flesh orange colored, coarse grained; 

 juice sacks typically broad and blunt; juice abundant, col- 

 ored; flavor vinous, acidity and sweetness normal; qual- 

 ity good ; seeds about twenty, small, top-shaped ; pith small, 

 open; season January and February. 



Tree thornless, forming a dense top, upright but in- 

 clined to be willowy; leaves small; fruits produced singly 

 or in bunches. As an ornamental this variety is very 

 beautiful, but as a commercial variety it is not worthy of 

 cultivation. The fruit is small and the trees not suffic- 

 iently prolific to make up for the deficiency in size by an 

 abundance of fruit. 



In Bulletin 1, U. S. D. A., Div. Pomology, Reasoner 

 says that the Spice tangierine was introduced into Florida 

 by Colonel Codrington from Jamaica. Under the name 

 Cleopatra it had been known for a long time in Florida. 



Dancy (Tangierine, Dancy's Tangierine, Bijou, Mo- 

 ragne's Tangierine). Form oblate, sections showing 

 through the rind ; size medium, 13-4x2 5-8 inches, 2 1-8 x 

 31-16 inches; color deep orange red, almost tomato red, 

 shiny; stem slender; base sometimes smooth, frequently 

 nippled or more or less corrugated; calyx small, segments 

 blunt pointed; apex terminating in a broad, shallow depres- 

 sion, sometimes scarred ; rind smooth, 1-16 to 1-8 inch thick, 

 leathery, easily removed, attached by a few strings to the 

 flesh ; oil cells small, usually flush with the surface, though 

 sometimes slightly depressed; sections eleven to fourteen 

 in number, fairly regular in size, easily detached from 

 one another; flesh dark orange colored, coarse grained; 

 juice sacks short, broad and blunt; juice abundant, col- 

 ored; rag almost entirely absent; pulp melting; 



