CHAPTER XIX. 



SHADDOCK GROUP VARIETIES. 



Mammoth. Form oblate ; size large, 47-8x6 inches, 

 or larger; color lemon yellow; apex rounded or flattened, 

 marked with a large scar; base gradually rounded, with 

 a broad shallowed depression, not creased; calyx large, 

 irregular; rind 3-4 inch thick, fungous; oil cells large, con- 

 spicuous, globular; flesh coarse, white; juice sacks large, 

 pointed, with the membrane thick; pulp not melting, but 

 inclined to be tough; acid and bitter, sweetness slightly 

 developed; flavor sweetish bitter; pith open; sections not 

 covered with membrane on the inner edge; seeds present, 

 large, wedge-shaped, twelve in number; season winter. 



Pink. Form oblate- 

 pyriform, necked ; 

 size large, 6x65-8 

 inches ; color lemon 

 yellow; apex slightly 

 depressed, scarred ; 

 base depressed, slight- 

 ly ridged; calyx set 

 in a depression, seg- 

 ments blunt ; rind 

 thick, 1-2 to 3-4 inch, 

 fungous ; oil cells 

 large, conspicuous ; 

 sections twelve, irreg- 

 ular in size, distinct, 



separated by thick, leathery partitions; flesh coarse, pink 

 or reddish in color; juice sacks large, spindle-shaped, 1-2 



Fig. 27. Cross-section of Pink Shaddock. 

 (About one-third natural size.) 



