POMEGRANATE 



from the pulpy seeds, with the addition of water and 

 sugar. This is much used at the South, and is espe- 

 cially grateful in fevers. The plant is injured by a cold 

 of from 8 to 15° above zero, hence it is not hardy above 

 the 34fh degree of latitude north. For higher latitudes 

 it should be cultivated in tubs, and given a conserva- 

 tory during winter. For some sections of the South it 

 is used for hedges. The fruit begins to ripen about 

 September and can be kept for several weeks. 



The Pomegranate is multiplied by hardwood cuttings 

 planted in open ground during February, or by layers 



POMELO 



1397 



1887. Pomegranate 



ana also oy softwooo cuttings Quring summer. As the 

 plant forms many shoots, these are often used, as they 

 usually are provided with rootlets. 



The Pomegranate is supposed to have been intro- 

 duced into southern Europe by the Carthaginians, 

 whose Latin name of "Punicus" was thus given and 

 derived. We also find a reference in the sacred scrip- 

 tures. Theophrastus described it 300 years before the 

 Christian era, and Pliny considered it one of the most 

 valuable fruits, both as to its beauty and medicinal 

 properties. The bark of the root is a well-known as- 

 tringent employed in therapeutics, in dysentery and 

 diarrhir-a; the rind of the fruit when boiled has for 

 many generations past been the remedy for tenia, and 

 a .ift-black, smooth writing ink is also made of it. 



The Pomeirranate is a native of some parts of Asia, 

 and by some botanical authors is said to be also found in 

 northern Africa and China. Although of such ancient 

 origin and cultivation, there are but few varieties of 

 the fniit-benring section disseminated in this country 

 and FMroi..-, )..if. according to Firminger, several fine 



v.i'i'^! i- I I-", I grown in Bengal from seed brought 



fr M ' I , I'liiig seedless, another growing to the 



•-: ' : ^rv human head," and still another as 



hirg,. ;.- ;, -M.ill shaddock. 



Varieties 

 ITiW.-With J 



FOR Fruit. 



acid pulp: fruit often very 

 rem A-4 in. m mam. and with a bright-colored rind. 

 —Fruit usually somewhat smaller than the Acid and 

 iarker-polored rind; pulp sweet. 

 "/.—Differs only from the Sweet in tht more acidulated 



xh Ruhy.—As cultivated in Louisiana seems tn be 

 fcinn of the Subacid. Fruit large ;.ii.l luislit r,,l,,r. ,1 

 '•■[) crimson pulp. It is considere<l tli.- ti.-T ..r it- .'.ivv 

 ■^—.'V form of the .^cid variety, of \'r\ I-\\ .in.i l.n-liv 

 ■ lis. single: fr. from lK-2 in. in ^linn : i-.Hi, ^r,v 



fnii 



VaRIETIKS GhciWS FoK (IKXA.MKXT (NON-FRriTING). 



Double i?fd.— With a very large calyx, from which protrude 

 large bright scarlet petals, larger than those of the 

 single type. 'I'liese ;ire produced in abundance during 

 :iihl M' ;i bright scarlet pompon. 



1 ' Mie above in shape of flowers, 



Double Variegated, or Legrellei.—A very handsome variety 

 with very large fls., the petals being striped and mottled with 

 yellow and scarlet. 



Double Dwarf, or Punica nana racemosa.—Ot dwarf 

 growth, with bright scarlet, double flowers which are borne in 

 clusters. This is especially desirable for growing in pots, as its 

 flowers are abundant and lasting. p j Berckmans 



POMELO. 



pelos, (imp, 

 by the I'r.-iii 

 Dutch as J 



able fr 



desir 



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Shad- 



Vol. I). Macfadyen, in l]!s I Imi: I .'■■•< 

 separate species under tLe nam. ■ ' 



G. P. 9:163), but this name lias „., 



Deemnana includes both the Pomelos 

 docks. 



Citrus Decumana is a native of the Malayan and 

 Polynesian Islands, but is now extensively cultivated in 

 India, the West Indies, Florida, California, and in most 

 tropical and semi-tropical countries. It is a handsome 

 tree, about 25 to 30 ft. high, with suberect branches. 

 Lvs. large, oval or ovate-oblong, crenulated,and usually 

 emarginate, with scattered pubescence along the mar- 

 gins; petiole slightly broadly winged: fls. large, white; 

 stamens 16-24: fr. usually pale lemon-color, either 

 globose or pyriform, the best varieties being about 

 twice the size of a good orange; pulp pale yellow or 

 greenish white. The pear-shaped form is not now cul- 

 tivated, and the very large, thick-skinned varieties with 

 coarse flesh are undesirable. One of the best varieties of 

 Pomelo or Grape-fruit known is grown in the hills of 

 Jamaica, and of late years has been very extensively 

 planted throughout the island. It is a fruit about 16 

 inches in circumference, pale lemon-color, with smooth 

 skin and oil glands very noticeable but belowthe surface. 

 The pulp is pale yellow or greenish white, subacid in 

 flavor, or fairly sweet when the fruit is quite ripe. The 

 fruits are borne usually in clusters of from 3 to 15, hence 

 the name Grape-frnit (in clusters or bunches like 

 grapes), by which it is known in Jamaica. This fruit 

 commands a ready sale at highly remunerative prices in 

 the New York and other markets. Many varieties of 



Pomelo are now cultivated, the 

 originated in California or Flo 



The Pomelo is much esteemed as a dessert fruit, 

 has the reputation of being an excellent digestive. It 

 contains sugar and citric acid, with much essential oil 

 in the peel. In Jamaica this fruit tree is propagated 

 from seeds, or by budding on the rough lemon stock. 

 It grows in company with the orange, and requires the 

 same treatment; it is not, however, so liable to disease 

 as the orange, nor is it so much affected by scale and 

 other troublesome insects. 



