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thorny. Fruit of large size. Hardier than St. Michael and Navel. 

 Several very good sub-varieties raised from seeds of this useful 

 orange. 



SELECTA (syn. Siletta, Cluster Orange). Bears its fruit in 

 bunches. A useful and profitable kind ; like the Parramatta, one 

 of the hardiest kinds for cool districts. Tree prolific and regular 

 bearer. Fruit of good size, juicy, and of excellent flavour ; round. 

 Skin medium thin, bright colour, and moderately smooth. 



QUEEN. An Australian variety, thriving well in the drier 

 localities. Fruit medium size to large, somewhat ovate. Skin 

 thin, smooth, rather light in colour ; often a ring at the calyx end. 

 Flesh juicy and of good flavour. 



MEDITERRANEAN SWEET (Fig. 2). Tree not very vigorous, of 

 dwarf habit, rather given to overbear ; thornless. Fruit medium to 

 large, round or slightly oval, skin thin and smooth. Pulp firm, 

 sweet ; few seeds. Ripens late ; a good keeping and carrying sort. 



ST. MICHAEL'S. Fruit of first-class quality when grown under 

 favourable conditions. Like the Navel, it is less hardy than some 

 other kinds, and requires sheltered situations, when it is very 

 prolific. Fruit, large, round, and somewhat flattened, solid ; pulp 

 fine and melting ; medium thin rind, few seeds. If circumstances 

 are not congenial it is a shy bearer, and the fruit is apt to lose its 

 high character, the rind getting much thicker in either cold or hot 

 locations. 



PAPER RIND ST. MICHAEL. Tree is of dwarf habit, medium, 

 thorny, a good bearer and hardy. Fruit small, round, very firm 

 and very juicy, and excellent; pale, thin skin, and being very uni- 

 form in size, packs well. Ripens late and keeps well on the trees 

 for a long time, as it does not drop at maturity. Very profitable 

 fruit to grow for local as well for export market. 



CHERITON (syn. Gingin). A West Australian seedling, grown 

 from seeds about 50 years ago by Mr. H. Brockman, in his orchard, 

 at " Cheriton," on the Gringin Brook, some fifty miles North of Perth. 

 Tree a very strong grower, erect, thorny, with good foliage. Fruit 

 large, roundish, and a little tapering towards the apex. Thirty 

 oranges, picked from different gardens, gave an average weight of 

 lloz. to 12oz., while a few weighed over lib. each. Skin medium thin 

 on fruit on the top of the tree, to thin on fruits on older bearing 

 branches at the base, peels off easily. Fleshy, few seeds, solid, 

 juicy, segments parting easily after peeling, sweet, hangs well. 

 Ripens from July to end of September. 



JAFFA. L-irge, oval fruit ; skin coarse, pulp rich and juicy, 

 almost seedless. Tree strong grower, with very large leaves on the 

 strong young shoots ; thornless. In Jaffa rainless summer, accom- 

 panied by heavy night dews, and winter without frost, are well 

 suited to the growth and development of the trees, which are watered 

 in the summer. 



