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IV. THE CITRON. 



The Citron (Cidratier of the French ; Citronier, German ; 

 Cedrato, Italian) is one of the finest growing trees of this family, 

 with large, oblong, w^ingless leaves, and flowers tinged with 

 purple externally. The fruit, shaped like that of the lemon, is 

 much larger, of a yellow colour, warted and furrowed externally. 

 The rind is very fragrant, and very thick, the pulp is subacid, 

 and is used in the same way as that of the lemon. It is chiefly 

 valued however for the rich sweetmeat or preserve, called citron^ 

 made from the rind. 



The Madras citron is considered the largest and best variety. 



V. THE SHADDOCK. 



The Shaddock (Fampebnous, French ; Arancio ?nassimo, Ita- 

 lian) may be considered a monstrous orange, with a compara- 

 tively tasteless pulp. It is a native of China and Japan, and 

 has its name from Dr. Shaddock, who first carried it to the 

 West Indies. The leaves are winged, like those of the orange, 

 the flowers white, and the fruit globular. Its size is very large, 

 as it often weighs six or eight pounds. The pulp is sweetish, or 

 subacid, and the juice is rather refreshing. It is, however, more 

 showy than useful, and certainly makes a magnificent appear- 

 ance in a collection of tropical fruits.* 



CHAPTER XXX. 



THE OLIVE. 



Olea Europea, L, ; Oleince, of botanists. 

 Olivier, of the French ; Oehlbaum, German ; Ulivo, Italian ; * 



Olivo, Spanish. 



The Olive, which, as Loudon justly remarks, furnishes, in its 

 invaluable oil, the cream and butter of Spain and Italy, will 

 undoubtedly one day be largely cultivated in our Southern 

 States. Already small plantations of it have been formed by a 

 few spirited gentlemen in Georgia and Mississippi, and its adap- 

 tation to the Southern parts of the Union near the sea-coast, 



* To those of our readers who desire to pursue this branch of the sub- 

 ject, we recommend that splendid work, tlie Histoire Naiurelle des 

 Orangers, of Kisso and Poiteau, with superb coloured plates of every 

 variety. Paris, folio, 1718. 



