168 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



so far as its eating quality is concerned. As much cannot 

 be said for the fruit from seedling trees of any other kind. 

 Seedling plums, apples or pears may be entirely unfit to 

 eat. This is rarely true of the orange or pomelo. 



But the advantages of budded trees are many. They 

 bear at an earlier age. A crop of fruit of uniform size and 

 quality can be secured. Varieties ripening at different 

 seasons may be planted and a continual crop from Septem- 

 ber to June, or even later, may tjms be had. The grower, 

 besides having a choice of varieties, has a choice of stocks 

 which he would not have were he to plant seedlings, and 

 better results can be obtained on different soils than would 

 otherwise be the case. Besides, mal-di-goma, that one-time 

 dreaded enemy of the sweet orange and lemon may be 

 avoided by using stocks which will resist it. 



CITRUS SEED USED IN PROPAGATION, AND THEIR CARE. 



There is considerable difference in the size and shape 

 of the different kinds of citrus seeds commonly used in 

 growing stocks. Every propagator should be acquainted 

 with them, that substitutions may be avoided. The seeds 

 of the pomelo, trifoliate orange, sweet orange, rough lemon 

 and sour orange are shown in Fig 40, and these illustra- 

 tions, with the accompanying descriptions may be found 

 useful. 



Pomelo. Plano-convex or wedge-shaped, pointed or 

 broad and flat at the micropylar end; 11-16 inch long x 

 1-2 inch wide x 3-16 inch thick, 5-8 inch long x 7-16 inch 

 wide x 1-4 inch thick; smooth on two sides over consider- 

 able areas, marked with anastomosing lines or ridges on 

 the other parts. 



