CHAPTER XVIII. 

 POMELO GROUP VARIETIES. 



VARIETIES WITH PINK FLESH. 



Tresca. Form roundish, necked or with a distinct 

 tendency to pyriform shape ; size large, 4x4 15-16 inches, 

 41-4x4 9-16 inches ; color dark lemon yellow ; apex broad, 

 flat, scarcely depressed, scarred; base ridged and slightly 

 roughened; rind smooth, 1-4 to 5-8 inch in thickness; oil 

 cells rather small ; sections distinctly marked, irregular in 

 size, fifteen in number ; flesh coarse , color pink or pinkish, 

 the coloring matter apparently located in the walls and in 

 the juice sacks, the inner rind and section divisions; juice 

 sacks large, spindle-shaped ; juice plentiful, colorless ; pulp 

 melting; acidity, sweetness and bitterness normal, well 

 blended ; flavor excellent ; pith solid, 3-4 inch across ; seeds 

 pinkish, small, wedge-shaped or roundish, seventy-two in 

 number; season February and March. 



The pyriform shape of the fruit is somewhat objec- 

 tionable, as the neck portion is filled with the inner rind. 

 The quality compares well with any of the other varieties 

 and the color of the flesh makes it interesting. 



As to its origin, Mr. E. N. Reasoner says : "We found 

 the Tresca pomelo in the grove of Capt. Fred Tresca about 

 the year 1887; the Captain had brought seeds from the 

 Bahamas some years previously and that season was their 

 first crop. The color and flavor was so novel that we got 

 buds and propagated from it." 



VARIETIES WITH LIGHT COLORED FLESH. 



Aurantium (Orange). Form oblate; size 31-2x3 7-8 

 inches, frequently smaller: stem small; color light yellow; 



