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of flesh dark lemou; grain of pulp coarse; juice sweet and insipid, 

 with slight lemon flavor. Curious, but unworthy of cultivation. 



The Sicily lemon is well known in Florida and frequently propa- 

 gated both from seed and by budding. But the fruit grown here is 

 much larger than the imported fruit. It decreases in size as the tree 

 increases in age. 



The Messina is a smaller and finer fruit, also an earlier bearer 

 and smaller tree. It is generally grown in South Florida. 



" The lemon of Genoa is a vigorous tree, which will also extend 

 itself en espalier (on a trellis), and bears an abundance of fruit. Its 

 trunk, branches, leaf and flower are like other lemons. It has no 

 thorns, and blossoms continuously from Spring till Fall. The fruit, 

 usually egg-shaped, has a skin a little thick sometimes smooth, some- 

 times uneven and an abundance of sharp, acid juice. It is very 

 generally cultivated upon the coast of Liguria, from Spezzia to 

 Hyeres. It is the fruit of commerce by reason of its thick skin pro- 

 tecting it in its transit. It is multiplied by graft, but may be raised 

 from seed." These trees (from seed), however, will nearly always 

 have thorns. This variety is a very early bearer from the seed, and 

 said to be of first quality. 



