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ange is valued for making 

 marmalade. Of the eat- 

 able kinds, the St. Micha- 

 el's, though small, is most 

 esteemed for its delightful 

 sweetness. There is also 

 a sweet lemon grown in 

 Italy, which resembles a 

 second-rate orange. 

 , The lemon is the well- 

 known fine acid fruit of 

 commerce. 

 The lime is a smaller and somewhat inferior fruit, but is 



especially esteemed in the green state for preserves. 



The citron is a rough fruit, with a very thick rind, larger 



than the largest lemon, but inferior in the quality of its acid. 



The candied citron of the confectioners is made from its skin. 

 The shaddock is a still larger fruit, in form more resembling 



the orange, curious but worthless. 



THE PEACH. 



Of the two distinct classes into which peaches are divided, 

 as freestones or clings, the cultivation of the latter has been 

 almost entirely abandoned, the exceptions consisting of a few 

 kinds of peculiar excellence or for special uses, as the Heath 

 and Lemon clings. Their other natural division into white, or 

 yellow, or red fleshed, is equally marked, and furnishes some 

 aid in making selections. The finer white-fleshed varieties 

 furnish those of a more sugary and sometimes aromatic flavor ; 

 the choice yellow - fleshed are almost uniformly vinous and 

 sprightly ; the red-fleshed or blood peach is usually more acid 

 than is agreeable, except for preserving. 



There are two common forms of the peach, which are of 

 some distinctness, the round and the long. Generally the^ 

 rounder forms (Fig. 225 a), which are also often slightly flat- 

 tened, or apple-form, indicate the higher grades of the fruit, 

 and include almost the whole list of superior peaches. 



The elongated and compressed forms, with sometimes a heavy 



