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color of flesh light; grain very fine, tender and melting; fruit very 

 heavy and juicy; juice sweet, rich and vinous; quality best. Probably 

 a seedling raised at Homosassa, Fla., the former residence of the Hon. 

 Mr. Yulee. 



Old Vini. Size about medium; slightly flattened; color dark 

 orange; eye broad, and set in a slight cavity; stem inserted in a 

 narrow wrinkled depression ; surface of skin rough ; thickness of skin 

 three-sixteenths ; longitudinal diameter two and' three-quarter inches ; 

 transverse diameter three and one-eighth ; grain coarse ; pulp melting ; 

 juice sub-acid and remarkable for a sprightly vinous property; quality 

 good. Seedling raised by Col. Dancy, Buena Vista, St. Johns county, 

 Florida. 



Buena Vista Synonym, Sweet Seville. Size medium; slightly 

 flattened; color dark crimsDn; eye set in a slightly depressed cavity; 

 stem inserted in a slight depression; skin smooth, with deep pits; 

 thickness of skin nearly four-sixteenths; longitudinal diameter two and 

 three-quarter inches ; transverse three inches ; color of flesh very dark ; 

 pulp coarse, but melting; juice sub-acid; sprightly with vinous flavor; 

 quality good. Seedling raised by Colonel Dancy. 



No. 3 (J5eac/iY). Size above medium; form oblong; color light; 

 eye set in flattened surface ; stem inserted in a slight, wrinkled cavity ; 

 thickness of skin three-sixteenths; longitudinal diameter three and 

 three-eighths; transverse three and a quarter inches; pulp coarse, not 

 melting ; juice sub-acid ; quality fair. 



Osceola. Size large ; slightly flattened ; color bright ; skin smooth 

 and glossy; eye very small, and set in a slight cavity; stem inserted in 

 small, shallow, wrinkled depression ; skin three-sixteenths thick ; longi- 

 tudinal diameter three inches; transverse three and a quarter; grain 

 coarse; pulp rather melting; juice sweet; quality good. Seedling 

 raised by L. H. Van Pelt, Mandarin, Florida. 



Dixon Orange. Size large; somewhat flattened; color light; eye 

 small, inserted in a slightly depressed cavity; stem inserted in deep, 

 narrow depression ; thickness of skin four-sixteenths of an inch ; longi- 

 tudinal diameter three inches; transverse three and a half; grain 

 coarse; pulp not melting; juice sub-acid, without any decided flavor; 

 quality second. Seedling raised on Indian river. 



Sweet .Seville (Tolman's). Size below medium, but larger than 

 Hicks's variety ; form flattened ; color light orange ; eye large, without 

 any cavity, and surrounded by a dark circle; stem inserted without 

 cavity; skin smooth and two-sixteenths thick; longitudinal diameter 

 two and a quarter inches ; transverse two and five-eighths ; pulp fine, 

 melting, juicy, sweet; inferior quality to Hicks's variety. Origin, Man- 

 darin, Florida. 



Sweet Lemon. Size very small; form much flattened; color rusty, 

 greyish, yellow ; instead of eye a marked nipple set in a deep cavity ; 

 stem inserted in a slight depression; thickness of skin two-sixteenths; 

 longitudinal diameter two inches ; transverse two and one-eighth ; color 



