47S SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Hart. — Medium, roundisli, light yellow; very good. Commercial 

 for Northern market. Florida.. 



Josselyn. — Large, roundish; color light yello-\v; quality good. 

 Season, rath(-r late. Heavy Ijearer. Florida. 



Mammoth. — ^'er}- large, roundish, somewhat pyriform; cjuality 

 scarcely good. ( irown in Arizona, South California, and on south 

 coast as a curiosity and ornamental tree; of the Shaddock type. 



Marsh ScrfUcss. — Medium, round, light yellow. Flesh with few 

 seeds; quality good. A heavy bearer. Florida. 



May {May's Pomchi). — This has taken many premiums on account 

 of its relatively sweet and delicious pulp with little of the bitter 

 peculiar to the pomelo. Commercial. 



Pernambuco. — Ver}' large, roundish; color light 5'ellow; quality 

 very g(.)od. Season, late. Tree with short thorns. A South Ameri- 

 can variety grown quite largely in Florida for late Xorthern market. 



Royal. — Small, round, liglit yellow; quality very good. Season, 

 early; only slightly bitter; a heavv l:iear(>r. Commercial for early 

 shipments North. Florida. 



Tresca Jlhiail. — ]\lediuni, roimdisli, yellow. Flesh rose-colored; 

 quality very good. Commercial ia Florida, Arizona, and South 

 California. ISalinma Islands. 



Triumph. — Small, round, light yellow; quality good. Season, 

 late. Florida. 



Walter. — Medium, round, light yellow; quality good. Season, 

 late. Florida. 



THE rTXi:.\]M'T.E U«r,;«^^■ .sa/n-i/.-<). 



Sections '212 and 2\'.', of Part I give^ something of the history, 

 habits, oillure, and increased use of this qiieen of fruits. 



The vai'ieties grown in Florida, and under glass at the North, 

 are all foreign, and it is a signilieant fact that nearly all the cultivated 

 varieties have Ijeen jirodueed by florists in England and France bv 

 hand pollination \mder glass. In this way the Pine, as it is called 

 in Europe, was grown in lOngland during (he reign of Charles IL 

 The writer has seen in tin' rooms of thi^ Itoyal Horticultural Society 

 of London a picture reiiresenting tlie Poyal gardener, Mr. Rose, 

 presenting on bended knee tlie first ]iineap]ile grown in England. 

 The growing for private u-e under gla>s l)eeame so general that the 

 production of new and iniprovi'd vai-ictir^ attracted little attention. 



