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ripens very early) many trees are planted in sections 

 north of the usual range of oranges. 



Excluding the Navels, Bloods and Satsuinas, noted 

 above, and without disparagement to other sorts of equal 

 merit, the following are suggested as a desirable list for 

 general planting, arranged in order of succession: 



Fig. 224— King Orange. (Photo, by O. P. Havens.) 



Very Early. — Boone, Sweet Seville. 



Early. — Enterprise, Seedless, Parson Brown. 



Early Medium. — Nonpareil, Centennial. 



Medium. — Pineapple, Jaffa, Homosassa. 



Late Medium. — Majorca, Du Roi. 



Late. — Bessie, King, Maltese Oval. 



Very Late. — Hart's Late. 



The Lemon (Citrus Limoiium) is cultivated like the 

 orange, but has longer, lighter-colored leaves, with naked 

 petioles or footstalks; flowers tinged with red externally; 

 fruit oblong, with a swollen point; pale yellow color, with 

 an acid pulp. Used mostly for flavoring, and lemonade 



