PLATE L V I II. 



This plate shows oranges of the Malta or Portugal type purchased from shops in 

 England. They are here given for purposes of comparison. 



a is called the Jaffa orange. Some specimens are much larger. It is a large egg-orange, pitted 

 all over with foveoli. It resembles the Malta egg-orange, but is larger. 



b and c are what are called Denia oranges. The skin is very closely adherent. 



d and e I purchased under the name of St. Michael's oranges, d was orange -yellow, finely chag- 

 rined, and covered with shallow depressions and intermediate miliary projections ; skin 

 thin, and closely adherent ; flavour fair, and seeds none, d was a flatter specimen 

 with thickish skin, which had a sweetish aromatic taste, without any bitterness ; pulp 

 of a pleasant flavour and slightly sub-acid. I fancy many of the imported oranges are 

 plucked a good deal before they are ripe. In my experience, unless an ora,nge is well 

 ripened on the tree, it never possesses the right flavour. 



f is the Florida orange, quite ripe and very fresh (14th March). The exterior is orange, 

 blushed with a sooty fine powder, which can be washed off, excepting from the foveoli. 

 I have often observed this blackness on this type of orange ; I do not know what 

 it is. Skin rather thin, adherent ; centre solid ; seeds numerous, long, but many 

 are imperfect; colour of pulp orange, and flavour very fine indeed; sweet, with a 

 minimum of sub-acid. 



