CITRUS 



gined, of medium width : fls. small, white, sweet-smell- 

 Ing: fr. medium size, pear-shaped, smooth, light yellow, 

 pulp subacid, greenish yellow. Cult, in Eu. since the 

 seventeenth century. Only rarely cult, in the United 

 States. B.M. 7194. — Bergamot oil is manufactured from 

 the rind of this subspecies. 



Var. Sinensis, Engler. (C. Aura iiti urn, var. dtUcis, 

 Linn. C. Tahite'nsis, Mort.). Common Sweet Orange, 

 including the Malta or PoETrr,Ai, Orange. Tree, 20-35 



tt. : yomii; 

 oblong-cx 

 large, win 



iinrrular, glabrous: Ivs. 

 narrowly winged : fls. 

 ' asioually elliptical or 

 ipe sweet or 



slightly a<;lii. i!i4i;<. i. .iluv jIl ' i LXtensively 

 cal and subtropicul rt-gions of the world."— The Sweet 

 Orange is valued mainly for its sweet, delicious fruit, 

 which is eaten raw or made into marmalades, wine, etc. 

 The rind is sweet and aromatic, and is used for culinary 

 purposes. The extensive cultivation of the orange has 

 led to the development of numerous variations, some 

 70 varieties being cultivated in the United States. 

 Some of these forms are propagated fairly true to seed, 

 but the majority are not, and must be propagated by 

 budding or grafting. The following is a list of some of 

 the most highly prized of the cultural forms : Bahia 

 (also known as Washington Navel and Riverside Navel) : 

 Fig. 476. Pr. large, solid and heavy, seedless, with 

 prominent navel mark at apex; pulp juicy and of fine 

 texture. Introduced from Brazil. The most popular 

 variety cultivated in California, where it bears heavily. 

 In Florida it is a shy bearer. — Boone (Boone Early): 

 Fr. round, medium size, fair quality; very early Florida. 

 — Centennial Fr round, medium size, earl\ medium, 

 quality excellent Florida — Du Roi Fr round, small 

 or medium size, late medium, seeds ribbed thorns few. 

 An excellent fruit in Florida but has not given satis- 

 faction m Cal Foreign — Hart Lite ( Tirdive, Excel- 



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pulp reddish or streaked with red. Foreign.— St. 

 Michael : Fr. round, medium size, quality fair, midsea- 

 son. Foreign. -St. Michael Blood: Fr. rou " 



Jaffa Blood 



sior) Fr oval, medium 



size, solid, pale yello\\ 



One of the best late sorts 



holdmg on tree in Florid i 



until May Foreign —Ho 



mosassa Fr round, of 



good quality, midseason 



Florida -Jaffa Fr 



round, heavy, juicy and 



of very best qu,ilit\ , mid 



season , skin thin tree 



nearly thomless Foreign 



small, of excellent tiuiht\ Florida —Limb bummer : 



Fr oval, medium sizi ot t,o()d quilitv vcrv late, one of 



the best late sorts, i inkin„' with the H irt Lite Florida. — 



Majorca Fr round nu diuni si7, hHiv\ md very juicy; 



skm smooth and tlnu |ii lit x n nt I- reign One 



of the very best 1 it mi 1 i M It se Blood : 



I t ver> best 

 I midseason. 

 i I I \ il, of good 



quality, late Forei.fn — Piisc n ( Pirsi n Brown) Fr. 



rotmd,mediumsize, of fair quality, very early Florida. 



Very extensively planted as an early variety m Florida. 



—Ruby: Pr. medium size, round, of excellent quality; 



oval, ' 

 qualitv, pulp red i 

 Foreign. Mediteii 



size, quality the very best ; pulp reddish or streaked 

 with red. Foreign. This Orange seems to the writer 

 superior in flavor to any he has ever tested, though 

 there is but little noticeable difference between any of 

 the best sorts, much, doubtless, depending on the con- 

 ditions under which the fruit is grown.— Valencia 

 (Valencia Late) : Fr. large, oval, light orange, of good 

 quality, very late. Foreign. One of the most highly 

 prized varieties in California. 



The so-called Otaheite Orange (<7. 4«ra«((Hm, var. 

 Olaitense, Risso & Poit. ) is probably to be considered a 

 variety of C. Aurantium, var. Sinensis. Reasoner 

 thinks it is Gallesio's "C. ^h/v/h^;,,,/, ,s/«. „.■<,■ /,„,i,iliim 

 fructu diilei." The foliage r.-srml.lis tlmt ..f a I.1.1..11. 

 and the flowers are pinkish. Th.- fniit N sinail. sji-litly 

 flattened, rough, and reddish (■raiit;c in i-..|(.r : ]nilji 

 mainly sweetish, sometimes sour. It may lie a hybrid of 

 orange and lemon. It is used extensively as a dwarf 

 pot plant, for which it is well suited. 



ndbilis, Lour. Mandarin, or Kid-glove Orange. 

 Shrubs or very small trees, with dense foliage : Ivs. 

 small, lanceolate.weakly crenate; petioles short, scarcely 

 ged : fls. small, white, fascicled ; fllaments only 

 • compressed,, spherical, or somewha't 

 in iliriiiii trr ; rind orange-yellow or 

 , 1 M I , I ^ i I y removed ; segments 9-10, 

 ■ I ; seeds ovate or oblong, 

 1 I i i\i*s, twigs, fruit, etc., very 

 ii \:iii.ihs and easily recognizable. 

 Chiiiii. Cultivated extensively in 

 tropical and subtropical regions free from hot winds, to 

 which it is said to be very sensitive.— The principal 

 horticultural varieties grown in the United States are 

 the following : China ("Mandarin," "Willow-leaved 

 Mandarin," etc. ) : Pr. small, light orange, early medium, 

 excellent quality: Ivs. small, myi-tle-like. Foreign. - 

 Dancy Tangerine : Lvs. larger, nearly the size of those 

 of the common orange : f r. dark orange or reddish, early 

 medium, quality excellent. Florida. The most prized 

 of any of the Mandarin Oranges cultivated in the United 

 States. — King : Fr. large and rough, dark orange, late: 

 young twigs blackish. A good late sort. Foreign.- 

 Satsuma (Oonshiu): Fr. medium size, flattened at the 

 ends, orange, early, quality fair. Foreign. A much 

 valued early ripening sort, which is somewhat more 

 hardy than the common sweet orange, particularly when 



