180 SUCCESSFUL FRUIT CULTURE 



of the world for choice varieties to be tested in this 

 country will no doubt lead to a rapid improvement, and 

 each grower must follow this investigation and be 

 ready to adopt those that prove the best. Among the 

 varieties now largely grown may be mentioned Boone's 

 Early, Satsuma, Homosassa, Jaffa, Maltese Blond, Pine- 

 apple, Washington Navel, etc. 



POMELO (GRAPE FRUIT) 



This fruit is practically a large orange with a thick 

 skin and an acid, slightly bitter pulp. It requires nearly 

 the same treatment as the orange. A few varieties to 

 be recommended are Duncan, Eoyal, Triumph, etc. 



KUMQUAT (GOLD ORANGE) 



A most beautiful ornamental tree producing very 

 small fruit in immense numbers. The rind as well as 

 the pulp is edible, the fruit being especially valuable 

 for preserving in the whole state. The great beauty of 

 the trees, their great productiveness, and the quality of- 

 the fruit, especially when preserved, should make this 

 fruit very popular in the near future. 



THE FIG 



(Ficus carica) 



While almost a tropical fruit, the fig, by careful 

 manipulation and winter covering, may be made to bear 

 fruit as far north as New England. In the South it 

 must be grown rather slowly after it reaches fruiting 

 age, as a rapid growth tends to the formation of leaf 

 buds rather than fruit buds. The soil should not be 

 cultivated deeply, as the roots run near the surface. 



