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the peculiar color ; yet this sometimes occurs, if oranges are left upon 

 the trees after the month of May. 



This orange is multiplied only by grafts, having few seeds, and 

 those of little value. This is a proof that it is a monster ; if it were the 

 type of a species it would yield more seed and reproduce itself by seed. 

 Its branches are without thorns, its fruit is sweet, but less so than the 

 China oranges, and it has thicker skin. 



It is cultivated largely in Malta and Provence. In Liguria, it is 

 found chiefly among amateurs and seedsmen. Gallesio. 



So far as the Florida Fruit Growers' Association has determined, 

 through their committee, the nomenclature of our own varieties is given 

 below, and such should be authority among the growers in Florida. 



Citron Common. Fruit very large ; color that of ordinary lemon ; 

 rind and pulp white, and almost tasteless ; tree vigorous. 



Orange Citron. Fruit somewhat cone shaped, more pointed than 

 common variety ; color that of an ordinary orange ; rind cream-colored ; 

 pulp yellowish; rind sweet and highly aromatic; fruit possesses less bit- 

 terness than the common variety ; tree a small, stiff, erect grower. For 

 home use or commercial purposes this variety is in general cultivation. 



Tangierine Orange Synonyms, Mandarin, Kid Glove, Tomato 

 Orange. Size medium; much flattened; color dark orange; broad, ir- 

 regular cavity, with stem obliquely inserted and surrounded by a 

 knobbed eminence ; eye set in a large depression one inch wide and 

 five-sixteenths deep; longitudinal diameter two and a half inches; trans- 

 verse diameter three inches ; skin irregularly ribbed or lobed ; color of 

 flesh very dark orange ; pulp adhering to skin by a few filaments ; sec- 

 tions of pulp easily separated; pulp coarse; juice sweet and highy 

 aromatic ; aroma marked ; quality first. Tree of original variety intro- 

 duced by Major Atway, from Bayou Sara, La., and now growing in the 

 grove of Dr. Moragne, at Palatka. 



Dancy's Tangierine. Size small ; much flattened ; color deeper 

 and more brilliant than parent variety ; longitudinal diameter one and 

 three-quarter inches ; transverse diameter two and one-quarter inches ; 

 the eye set in a deep cavity seven-eighths in diameter; stalk straight 

 and inserted in a ribbed depression; thickness of the skin three-six- 

 teenths ; general properties of pulp same as parent, only superior ; fruit 

 nearly seedless. In flavor and external appearance this variety is 

 superior to the original. Seminal variety of the Tangierine raised by 

 Colonel F. L. Dancy, Buena Vista, St. John's county, Fla. 



Citrus Japonica Synonym, Dwarf Orange. Dwarf growing 

 variety ; size of fruit small ; slightly obovate ; color deep orange ; skin 

 thin ; eye set in a flattened depression ; fruit regularly ribbed or lobed ; 

 longitudinal diameter two inches; transverse diameter one inch and 

 seven-eighths; color of flesh dark; grain fine and tender; juice very 

 acid. Useless, except as an ornamental fruit. 



