LIME GROUP VARIETIES. 143 



autumn and winter, remaining on the trees well on towards 

 spring. 



The Rangpur lime was grown from seed, by Eeasoner 

 Bros., Oneco, Fla., obtained from northwestern India. 

 The variety appears to have come true from seed and seems 

 to be identical with the variety described by Bonavia. 

 The tree has very much the habit of the lime, but in nearly 

 all respects the tree and fruit is distinct from the true lime 

 group. By Bonavia it has been classed with the Indian 

 group, "Suntara," which appears to be closely related to 

 our mandarin group. It has been placed with the limes 

 provisionally. 



Tahiti. Form broadly oval ; size large, 3x2 5-8 inches ; 

 color lemon yellow; apex nippled, the nipple broad at the 

 base, abrupt and sharp pointed; base rounded, slightly 

 elevated about the calyx, creased or ridged; calyx adher- 

 ing firmly to the fruit, blunt pointed; rind smooth, thin, 

 1-16 inch when cured; oil cells small, slightly depressed; 

 sections well defined, irregular, ten in number; flesh fine 

 grained, greenish in color; juice sacks cylindrical, narrow 

 and pointed; juice plentiful, almost colorless; pulp melt- 

 ing ; acid pure, strong ; flavor agreeable, distinctly "lime" ; 

 pith open, small; seeds none; season fall and winter. 



The Tahiti lime grows as a round-topped tree, twelve 

 to fifteen feet in height. The fruit is produced singly or 

 in clusters of two or three, usually well covered by the fol- 

 iage. Branches are inclined to droop. The undesirable 

 feature of the variety in Florida is that the fruit tends to 

 decay on the trees about the time it matures. 



