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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Botanical and Horticultural Classes of the Genns Citrus 



Botanical species 



Botaoical varieties 



Horticultural races 



Horticultural varieties 



I. Trifoliata. 



I. Aurantium . 



Amara 



\ Bcrgamia . 



Sinesis . . . . 



UI. Nobilis. 



IV. Decumana. 



V. Japonica . 



VI. Medica. 



Genuina. 



T!ie common oranges . 



The mandarin group. , 



Pomelo (grapefruit) . . . 



Shaddock 



Kumquats 



Citron 



Lemon. 



Lemon . 



Acida. 



Lime. 



Trifoliatas. 



fSour. 



j Bitter sweet. 



[Seville. 



Bergamot orange. 



Bahia. 



Valencia. 



Homosafisa. 



Pineapple. 



(Also other varieties.) 



Satfuma. 



China (mandarin). 



Dancy (tangerine). 



Oneco 



King. 



Royal. 



Pernambuco. 



Triumph. 



(Also other varieties.) 



Paradise. 



Forbidden fruit. 



(Also other varieties.) 



Nagami. 



Marumi. 



(Also other varieties.) 



Corsican. 



Lyman. 



Orange. 



(Also other varieties.) 



Lisbon. 



Villa Franca. 



Sicily. 



Eureka. 



(Also other varieties.) 



Imperial. 



Mexican. 



Persian. 



(Also other varieties.) 



Selecting Varieties 



Experience has taught that no variety 

 of citrus is pre-eminently useful for all 

 portions of the world where this fruit 

 is grown. As an illustration we have 

 the Bahia, or Washington Navel orange, 

 ■which is pre-eminently adapted for Cali- 

 fornia, but of little value in Florida or 

 the West Indies, since it produces only 

 a small crop except on rough-lemon 

 stock, which stock is only adapted to a 

 restricted area. Certain varieties of 

 pomelo have exquisite flavor when fruited 

 in Florida, but are not of the same ex- 

 cellence when grown in California. The 

 Pineapple orange and the Indian River 

 orange are among the finest of fruits 

 when grown in the sections where tliey 

 originated, but when produced in .lamai- 

 ca they can not be said to have superior 

 Qualities. 



The total number of varieties of citrus 

 fruits that have been catalogued and de- 

 scribed would run up into the thou- 

 sands. Nearly every one has some pecu- 



liar merit for a particular locality. Out 

 of the many thousands a few selected 

 ones are of general value, and can be 

 planted with safety over a considerable 

 area. The following very brief list gives 

 some of the varieties for the localities 

 mentioned: 



Florida 



The Florida State Horticultural So- 

 ciety has divided the state into four hor- 

 ticultural sections known as Western 

 North Florida, Eastern North Florida, 

 Central Florida and South Florida. 



Eastern North Florida includes "that 

 part of the state between the Aucilla 

 river and a straight line drawn across 

 the state from the mouth of the St. Johns 

 river to Cedar keys." 



The following citrus fruits are consid- 

 ered especially adapted for this region: 

 Of the sweet-orange group. Parson Brown 

 and Sweet Seville; of the tangerine 

 group, the Satsuma; of the kumquat 

 group, the Marumi and Nagami. 



Central Florida includes "that part of 



