FRUITS VARIETIES AND CULTURE. 



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and for flavoring. Of the sweet oranges, the Maltese has 

 a thick and spongy rind, red and delicious pulp, but some- 

 times with a trace of bitterness. The glands which 

 secrete the oil are prominent. 



There are three species of oranges cultivated, viz.: 



Citrus Ugaradia, or Bitter Oranges. 

 Citrus nobilis, or Mandarins. 

 Citrus aurantium, or Sweet Oranges. 



Fig. 220— Patsuma Orange. (Photo, by O. P. Havens.) 



The Horticultural Society of Florida, in the proceedings 

 of the tenth annual meeting for 1897, gives the follow- 

 ing account and recommendations concerning these 

 species and their varieties. Of the six varieties of bitter 

 oranges mentioned in their catalogue the Bitter Sweet 

 and Phillips' Bitter Sweet are recommended as con- 

 stituting varieties of the " highest excellence in all the 

 desired characteristics of season, quality, distinction, pro- 



