POMELO GROUP VARIETIES. 



bitterness strongly marked; acidity and sweetness well 

 developed; core 1-2 inch in diameter, solid; seeds forty- 

 eight, whitish, small and plump; season December- Janu- 

 ary. 



This variety was introduced by Messrs. J. W. and F. 

 D. Waite, of the Magnolia Nurseries, Belleview, Marion 

 County, Fla., in 1888. The original tree stood in the old 

 Josselyn grove at East Lake, on Lake Weir. 



Leonardy. Form slightly oblate or rounded ; size med- 

 ium, 33-4x4 1-2 inches, 37-8x4 5-16 inches ; color lemon 

 yellow; apex smooth, not depressed, scar small; base 

 smooth, slightly depressed; calyx small, 3-8 inch across, 

 lobes not conspicuous; rind smooth, shiny, 1-4 inch thick; 

 oil cells flush with the surface, large and conspicuous; 

 sections well defined, large and regular, ten in number; 

 flesh coarse, light grayish in color; juice sacks large; juice 

 plentiful, colorless; pulp melting; acidity and sweetness 

 well balanced; quality excellent; pith open, 3-4 inch 

 across; seeds present, large, broad, flat, twenty-eight in 

 number; season January. 



Manville. (Manwlle's Improved.) Form oblate ; size 

 medium to large, 3 5-8 x 4 1-8 inches; stem small; color 

 lemon yellow; rind 1-4 inch thick, smooth, the oil cells 

 being flush with the surface or only slightly sunken; sec- 

 tions thirteen, large, fairly regular; flesh light grayish 

 green ; juice sacks large, irregular ; bitterness well marked ; 

 acidity and sweetness good; core 5-8 inch in diameter, 

 compact; seeds sixty to seventy, large; season late. 



In relation to the origin of this variety, Keasoner 

 Brothers made the following statement: "Manville's Im- 

 proved was sent us by the late A. H. Manville, from East 

 Florida, years ago." 



