CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



inclined to be rough though frequently smooth, easily de- 

 tached; oil cells large and conspicuous; sections twelve 

 in number, fairly regular, clearly defined; flesh coarse 

 grained, orange yellow in color, juice sacks broad, short; 

 juice abundant, colored; rag absent; pulp melting; acidity 

 and sweetness well blended; flavor distinct, rich, vinous; 

 quality excellent; pith open; seeds small, twelve to four- 

 teen, top-shaped, beaked; cotyledons green; season Jan- 

 uary-March. 



Tree rather upright, foliage small with a pronounced 

 fragrance when bruised; thorny, but with many thornless 

 branches. The fruit is excellent in flavor and is not sur- 

 passed in quality by any other variety of the mandarin 

 group known to the writer. The flavor may be said to 

 resemble a combination of Dancy, King and Satsuma. 



This variety was raised from seed received from north- 

 western India and planted by the late P. W. Reasoner in 

 1888. The original seedling tree is still standing on the 

 grounds of the Koyal Palm Nurseries, at Oneco, Fla. 



Satsuma. (Oonshiu.) Manville's Prac. Orange Cult. 

 112. 1883. Form oblate; sections frequently showing 

 through the rind ; size variable, 17-8x2 5-8 inches and 2 5-8 

 x 3 7-16 inches representing the variation in size; color 

 orange yellow ; base usually slightly creased ; calyx small ; 

 apex scarred with a round brownish spot situated in a 

 broad, shallow depression; rind 1-8 inch thick, inclined to 

 be rough; oil cells large, conspicuous, frequently depressed 

 though sometimes flush with the surface; flesh coarse 

 grained, deep orange in color; juice sacks short, broad; 

 juice abundant, yellowish orange in color; pulp melting; 

 acidity and sweetness well balanced; flavor sprightly, 

 agreeable; quality excellent; pith open with the sections 

 frequently separated at the inner edges; generally seedless 



