650 THE SHADDOCK. 



skin pale yellow, glossy, and wavy. Fruit sometimes weighs as 

 much as ten pounds. 



Lyman. A lemon-citron of moderate size, with a sweet and edible 

 rind, also excellent for preserving. 



Orange. Resembles the above, except that the skin is more wavy, 

 and like the orange in color. 



THE SHADDOCK. 



The Shaddock, or Pomelo (C. decumana), named after 

 Captain Shaddock, who first brought it to the West Indies, 

 is supposed to be indigenous to the Malayan Islands. It is 

 one of the handsomest of the genus ; of moderate height and 

 spreading form; rather more tender than the orange; at- 

 tractive by reason of the magnificent size of its fruit, which 

 sometimes attains a diameter of nine inches and a weight of fif- 

 teen pounds. The flowers are very large, white, and fragrant ; 

 the leaves large, with broadly winged leaf-stalks ; the skin is 

 pale yellow , the rind thick, white, spongy and bitter; the pulp 

 greenish, sub-acid, watery, and aromatic. No section of the 

 citrus exhibits a greater diversity than this. There are oblate, 

 globose, oval, pyriform, and flattened forms, both thick and 

 thin-skinned, enclosing white, pink, red, or greenish pulp, 

 which varies from sour, bitter, and acrid to a most delightful 

 blending of all in harmonious proportions. 



In the West Indies it is a favorite addition to the dessert, 

 after being prepared by removing the bitter membranes and 

 sprinkling the pulp with sugar. In this country a small 

 variety, somewhat larger than an overgrown orange, is be- 

 coming a favorite and beginning to be extensively grown 

 for market. This is the " Forbidden Fruit," called grape- 

 fruit, from a habit of growing in clusters like bunches of 

 grapes, or pomelo, leaving the name shaddock for the 

 large sort, although, strictly speaking, all are pomeloes. 

 This is rather thin-skinned for its size, and filled with a 

 refreshing, sub-acid juice. There is a pronounced bitter 

 principle in the inner rind and integuments, which, if not 

 too strong, one acquires a liking for in time. The firm, 

 tough skin renders it a good shipper, and preseves the juices 

 for a long time, often till far into the summer. In very warm 

 and oppressive weather, nothing can be more salutary or re- 



