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Eureka. — ^[(•(lium: rind sweet ; seeils -^-ery few-; (ine of thetlirec 

 best for eciiiiiiiei'eial \ise, Imt oiil\' ^rowii ne;ir the coast in California. 

 The fuliai;;(> is too tliin for hot interior valleys. Does wi'U in South 

 Florida. 



Genoa. — .Me<liinii, oval; rind sweet; nearly seedless; one of the 

 three leadina; varieties of Soidh California and Soutli .\rizona. 



Imperial Messina. — A variety ,nrow"n in Sonth ]'"lorida that has all 

 the requisites of a commercial modern lemon. .\s ye( local. 



Lisbon. — Size very imiform, I'ather olih.mg; rind tliiii and sweet. 

 Flesh tine-iji-ained, stronji'}' acid, with few seeds; one of the Ijest 

 keepers. Tree a strong;- ,<;rower and jjrcat bearer. l'o]iular at interior 

 points in California, and in the ncai'ly frostless parts of ,\rizona. 



Sicily. — This seems an uncertain name for a class almost identical 

 in qualitv of fruit for curin"-. The variety popular in Sonth Florida 

 is oval, lisht vellow, and lil^e lielair in .size, qualily, and tlnnncss of 

 rind. Thi^ is also oTown in South .Vi'izona and Calilornia. 



Villafranca. — ^ledium, quite vmifoi'ni, obloui;, sliiihlly pointed at 

 ape.x; rind thin without bitterness, vcr}- acid; nearly seedless. .V 

 leading commercial variety in Soutli California, Arizona, and South 

 Florida. 



THl'; I.IME. 



The Lime {('ilrus iDciht-a iiciihi) is most frequently rrrown from 

 seed hence the varieties arc numerous and varialile. This is specially 

 true of tlie Cul.)an or We^t Indian type, which is also i;-rown in lower 

 Florida and on some of the K(>ys. In addition there are a few varieti(>s 

 propagated b}' budding or gi'afting. l-ludding on Cilnis Irifnliata has 

 resulted in increasing the hai'diness of thee varieties. In nearly 

 frostless sections, such as ])arts of Mexico and the W'e.-t Imlics, it is 

 planted in hedge form. -As it is very thorny and impenetrable, these 

 hedges answer the doul.KC purpose of a defen>ive hedge and liearing 

 heavv crops of fruit. The skin is thin and the juice pure-llavored 

 and very acid; it is )>referred in tropical regions to the lemon for 

 about all uses. But it does not keep like the lemon, hence is not 

 commercial to the same extent. The fruit is largely used in the 

 manufactur(^ of citric acid in lower Florida, the W'osi Indies, and in 

 Briti.sh Inilia. The fruits arc shipjied from (lower Florida and the 

 We.st Indies in immense (|uantit>- to tlie Athint ic const cities during 

 summer and autumn, but they are rarely sccu in tlv: interior cities. 



