CHAPTER XX. 



KUMQUAT GROUP VARIETIES. 



Nagami f Oblong, olive- ,. 



shaped). Tree dwarf, eight to 

 twelve feet, bushy; young 

 branches somewhat angled, light 

 green ; leaves 1 1-2 x 3, 1-2 or 3-8 

 x 1 1-4 inches, lanceolate, apex 

 obtuse; base acute or obtuse; 

 margin crenate down about 

 half way from the apex; 

 veins inconspicuous, sur- 

 face dark green, glossy; lower 

 lighter; borne on rather stout, 

 usually very slightly margined 

 petioles, 1-4 to 5-8 inch in length. 

 Fruit small; obovate or oblong; 

 1 1-4 x 3-4 inches, 11-2x1 inch, 

 1 3-4x1 1-8 inches, 1 3-4 x 1 3-10 

 inches, golden yellow; stem 

 short; calyx small; rind smooth, 

 aromatic, spicy; oil glands 

 large; juice acid, sparse; sec- 

 tions usually five; seeds two 1o 

 five, oval, 1-2 inch long, green- 

 ish; cotyledons two, green; sea- 

 son October-January. 



Marumi (Round). Tree simi- 

 lar to Nagami, except that it is 

 slightly fhornv, and has 



Fig-. 28. Nagami and Marumi 

 Kutnquat*. (Xjitnnil size.) 



