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CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



Thus far this variety has not been catalogued, but the 

 fruit appears to be very desirable. 



Fig. 23. Marsh Pomelo. 



Marsh. (Marsh's Seedless.) Form oblate roundish; 

 size 31-8x4 7-8 inches, 31-2x4 1-2 inches, 35-8x4 7-8 

 inches; stem small; color light yellow; rind 1-8 inch thick, 

 smooth; oil cells small, scarcely or not at all indented; 

 sections thirteen, regular, partitions thin; juice sacks 

 small; flesh grayish green; bitter principle not strongly 

 marked; acidity and sweetness medium; pith 5-8 inch in 

 diameter, open; seeds two to six, or none, large, plump; 

 season February-March. 



This variety was introduced by C. M. Marsh, Lake- 

 land, Fla., about 1895 or 1896. The original tree was 

 a seedling, growing in Lakeland, and was at the time of 

 the freeze, fully sixty years old. This pomelo has not the 

 distinct, pronounced flavor of the typical fruit, but the 



