CHAPTER XXL 

 CITRON GROUP VARIETIES. 



Lemon. (Sorrento). Form oblong; size variable, 

 large specimens, 7 3-4 x 5 inches or larger, and weighing 

 three to eight pounds; color bright lemon yellow; apex 

 nippled, nipple small, abrupt; base rounded; rind pleas- 

 antly aromatic, rather smooth, with slight, broad eleva- 

 tions, 1 to 1 1-4 inches thick ; inner rind white, coarse, with 

 very little bitterness; oil cells slightly elevated or flush 

 with the surface; sections twelve in number, clearly de- 

 fined, the partitions thick; pulp bitter, lacking in juice; 

 juice sacks narrow, elongated, pointed; pith small; seeds 

 present, small, oval, blunt ; fruiting throughout the whole 

 year in favorable sections. 



The Lemon citron is an imported variety now grown 

 in California and to a less extent in Florida. 



Lyman. Form oval-oblong; size medium; color 

 orange yellow; quality good. Cat. Fla. Hort. Soc., 1902. 



Orange. Fruit somewhat cone-shaped, more pointed 

 than common variety; color that of an ordinary orange; 

 rind cream colored ; pulp yellowish ; rind sweet and highly 

 aromatic; fruit possesses less bitterness than the common 

 variety; tree a small, stiff, erect grower. (Moore from 

 Fla. Fr. Gr. Association Report.) 



