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the calyx; rind decidedly rough and warty, 1-4 inch thick; 

 oil cells large, balloon-shaped or globular, frequently ex- 

 tending entirely through the rind; sections well defined, 

 nine to twelve in number, separating freely from each other 

 and from the rind; flesh coarse grained, greenish yellow 

 in color; juice sacks large, broad and blunt; juice abund- 

 ant, clear; pulp melting; acid quite strong; flavor agree- 

 able; pith open, 1-2 to 1 inch across, filled with white 

 strings of tissue; seeds small, full, plump, blunt pointed, 

 twenty-three in number; season winter. 



This variety of lemon is presumably of Spanish intro- 

 duction and has become naturalized in the forests of 

 southern Florida. It is somewhat useful for home con- 

 sumption, but as a commercial variety it is worthless. 

 The rough lemon is quite extensively used as a stock upon 

 which to work different varieties of citrus trees. When 

 growing apart it reaches a height of upwards of twenty-five 

 feet, the bark of the tree being brownish gray and smooth. 



Sicily. Form oblong ; size medium, 21-2x3 1-4 inches ; 

 color light lemon yellow, bright; apex nippled, nipple 

 short, abrupt; base rounded; calyx rather large; rind thin, 

 smooth, sweet; oil cells usually flush with the surface; 

 sections distinctly marked, quite regular, twelve in num- 

 ber; flesh grayish yellow in color, fine grained; juice sacks 

 small, spindle-shaped ; juice abundant ; pulp melting ; acid 

 strong, clear; flavor good; pith small ; seeds twelve in num- 

 ber, of medium size. 



Sweet. Size very small ; form much flattened ; color 

 rusty, grayish yellow ; instead of eye, a marked nipple set 

 in a deep cavity ; stem inserted in a slight depression ; 

 thickness of skin, 2-16 inch ; longitudinal diameter, 2 inches, 

 transverse, 2 1-8 inches ; color of flesh, dark lemon ; grain of 

 pulp coarse; juice sweet and insipid, with slight lemon 

 flavor. Curious, but unworthy of cultivation. (Moore.) 



