210 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



TABULATED STATEMENT. 



Recapitulation of the above figures shows that of the twenty- 

 three varieties above named thirteen on sour stock failed to 

 hold any fruit this year, while on Citrus trifoliata the whole 

 twenty- three have fruit on. The average number of fruits on 

 the whole number of trees on sour stock is thirteen, and the 

 average number on Citrus trifoliata is fifty-seven. The aver- 

 age excess of height of trees on sour over those on trifoliata 

 is one and one-fourth feet, and the average excess of breadth 

 of those on sour over those on trifoliata is one foot. 



While the trees average larger on sour than on trifoliata, 

 yet there are a few varieties that show no appreciable differ- 

 ence, and two of the varieties show actually larger on Citrus 

 trifoliata than on sour or sweet. One of these is Dti Roi orange 

 and the other, Duncan pomelo. A few of the other varieties are 

 so nearly of the same size on the two stocks that one would 

 have trouble in designating which of the trees were on sour and 

 which on Citrus trifoliata if he did not know. Amongst these 

 sorts are King and Madam Vinous. In the whole twenty-three 

 varieties there are only two in which the trees on sour stock 

 show an excess of fruit over those on trifoliata. These are Malt- 

 ese Oval orange and Duncan pomelo. In the former there are 

 a large number of very small oranges from late bloom which 

 are not noticeable in any other variety. 



It should be mentioned that all of the trees planted were 

 as nearly of the same size as it was possible to obtain; the idea 



