324 CITRUS 



budded on the hardy trifoliata orange stock. — Tan- 

 gerine : Fr. very early, light orange, medium size. 

 Foreign. 



Decumina, Linn (C. Pomel&nui, Hort ) Pomelo, 

 PuMELo, Shaddock. Grape frdit. Pompelmos, etc Tree 



late 



479 Citrus trifoliata 





CITRUS 



Fr. late medium, size medium. Florida.— 



. l;,r<r.., !ntc nu-linm, fpiality good; prolific. 



■1 Ir Lit,. KMiiiiiin. large, of very good 



M ' I Mil ', Si-i-(lless) : Fr. with 



: I ■ I - : Muality and prolific, 



I'lmiila. I'l liiMiil.ui-o: Prolific: fr. 



luiin-i short. .South .Vnierica. — Royal: Pr. 



small, early medium, only slightly bitter ; 'prolific. 



Florida — Tresca Pulp rose-colored, said to be of ex- 



lama Islands. -Triumph: Fr. small, 



■, M >■■. L- I. I'lmiila. W.-ilter: Fr. 



, i.f : I ■ ' • !•! ]' ■■ ■}:i. Pear- 



l:, ... I . ::,,u'e; pulp 



■11. i, ..I Ml) .(,.....;.. M moth: Fr. 



l.r.i.ji.L.ai. .i.jiUai ,-..-. Forbidden 



jrange-cuiorud, (if fair quality. The 



so tailed "Bell Grape-fruit" is probably identical with 



this 



Japbmca, Thunb. Kitsiqiat, Kiv-Kw Kin-Ktts. <>tc. 



Fig 481 Alow bush, with si ih. ,mi_i: :ir iiiiiirli.^: 



s small, linear lanceolate. -I:- ir 



blunt. w..iL'. ' |.. .. ■ !i.' i.i-i' ; 



ovate, oOlong or spberical. orange- 

 colored, o-6-celled ; pulp sour; rind 

 sweet. Cochin China or China. Cul- 

 tivated extensively in Japan, Florida 

 and California. R. H. 1875, p. 209. 

 The following are the two cultivated 

 varieties commonly gro\vn in the 

 United States: Marumi (Round Kum- 

 quat): Fr. round, small, J^-IH in. 

 in diam.: tree slightly thorny. -Na- 

 gami (oval or oblong Kumquat) : Fr. 

 ovate or oblong, %-l in. in diam. and 

 lK-2in. long: tn;- th.irnl.ss.-The 

 fruit of the Kuni.|ii,ii ;i - ;i i- innst 

 died in \| I I . . i.iii- 



and IS also used fresh to I'onsi.li i -i.:. Hie 



sweet rind, as well as the pulp, I., lu^; . ,iu ii. Uuth 

 the round and the oval sorts havu buautiful 

 dense, dark green foliage, and form excellent 

 orange trees of dwarf habit for pot culture. They 

 are commonly budded or grafted on trifoliata or 

 sweet orange stocks. 

 M6dica, Linn, (named for the country Media). Fig. 



474. CiTKON, in the broadest sense, including citron, 



lemon and lime. Bush or small tree : young shoots 



glabrous, mostly reddish or purplish, in some yellowish 



green : Ivs. smooth, oblong, acute : " 



or frequently unisexual, 



mostly reddish or tinged 



with red without : fr. 



spherical 



often mamillate at apex. 



India. — A verv variable 



spc.'ifs, muoh modified bv 



phrodite 



small, 25-30 feet high young shoots slightly pubescent, 

 finally becoming smooth Ivs large ovate or ovate- 

 ohlong, obtuse frequently emarginate petiole broadly 

 winged: fls large white stamens 16-24 fr. pale lemon- 

 yellow, or m some cases reddish or flesh colored, globose 

 or pyriform ver> large m hort \ ars reaching 6-7 in. in 

 diameter and weighing 8-12 lbs rind smooth, thick, 

 very bitter pulp pale yellow in some reddish, sweet or 

 acid. Malayan and Pohnesian Islands Extensively 

 cultivated m India Floiida and California and in most 

 tropical and subtropical countries A G 11 717. Mn.9:47. 

 — The I'omelo is an excellent dessert fruit and is being 

 very extensively planted pirticularly m Florida. The 

 majority of the horticultural a arieties cultivated in 

 America have originated in Florida though some valu- 

 able sorts have been introduced The round-fruited 

 sorts, commonly called Pomelos or Giape fruits, are the 

 most valuable comraercialh The pear shaped sorts, or 

 Shaddocks, are cultivated more as curiosities, and are 

 seldom found in the markets. Jiound varieties— Pomelos: 



480. Oranee 

 (XJ^.)' 



tionship of the different 

 forms. 



Var. genolna, Engler. 

 CiTKON proper. Lvs. ob- 

 long, serrate or crenate ; 

 petiole short, wingless : 

 fr. large, frequently 3-4 in. 

 in diam. and 6-7 in. long, 

 mostly ovate-oblong, mam- 

 illate ; rind very thick, 

 tender, aromatic, more or 



less rough and warted (rugose); pulp but slightly 

 di'Vclui"il. drv (laoking in juice), acid or sub-acid.— 

 TIm ('jii-i.ii i^ riiltivated to some extent in Florida and 

 ('aliiiiriiia. l,ui nut so extensively as in Italy and the 

 Ml iliii rraijiau rugion. All varieties are very tender, 



