ORANGE CULTURE 



Brief description of the above- selected varieties, including 

 the peculiarities of the different trees : 



Carey's Mediterranean Sweet I introduced to the public my- 

 self. Considering all things, I think it is the best variety to 

 plant. The history of this orange here, so far as I know, is as 

 follows: About the year 1870 I imported several varieties of 

 orange trees from Messrs. Ellwanger and Barry's nursery, at 

 Rochester, New York. I think the importation included all the 

 varieties offered for sale by this firm. One of the trees was 

 labeled Shaddock. When this Shaddock fruited, the fruit proved 

 to be a first-class orange, instead of the coarse, worthless fruit its 

 name led me to expect. I called it " Carey's Favorite," but 

 subsequently christened it "Carey's Mediterranean Sweet.' 

 Wishing to obtain the correct name of the fruit, I forwarded to 

 Messrs. Ellwanger and Barry, in July, 1877, a specimen which 

 elicited the following response : 



"Your favor of 27th ult. came duly to hand. The orange 

 sent by express also received. It was quite sound. It is a 

 large, handsome fruit, skin very thick, flesh sweet. It is sin- 

 gular that you should have received it as a Shaddock, which is 

 a very acid fruit." 



The rind is about the same thickness as that of Los Angeles 

 seedlings; it is pronounced "very thick." It is not character- 

 istic of the orange, however,, to have a rind more than about 

 one-fourth of an inch thick ; it is rarely, if ever, found thicker. 



Still desiring to learn the true name of this orange, and being 

 willing it should, if ascertained, take the place of the name 

 under which I had disseminated it, I called upon the Directors 

 of the Southern California Horticultural Society and requested 

 them to take steps to ascertain the real name" of the fruit. It is 

 now about a year since the subject was first brought to the 

 notice of the Society. The Committee on Nomenclature have 

 neglected or refused to do their duty fully in this matter. 



The following is extracted from an article in the Horticulturist 

 in reference to this orange : 



"The Committee on Nomenclature desired to get at 'bottom 

 facts,' and sent some of the fruit and foliage of both the Ex- 

 quisite and Mediterranean Sweet to Messrs. Ellwanger and 



