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firmly attached to fruit; skin tight, thin, and smooth, pale yellow. 
Pulp juicy and aromatic. This fruit becomes dry and puffy if 
allowed to hang too long. 
Emperor Manparin (syn. Canton).—Tree large, upright, 
strong, and good bearer; few thorns, leaf large; a heavy bearer. 
Fruit not so handsome as the Scarlet, and varies somewhat in type; 
medium size to large, roundish, irregular, and flattened at the eye. 
Skin yellow, brittle, tearing easily, and somewhat puffy when the 
fruit is over-ripe. Called in China the Mandarin or Noble Orange. 
Beauty or GLEN ReTreat.—Origin obscure, although the parent 
tree from which all the trees of that variety are derived grows in 
the orchard of Mr. W. H. Parker of Glen Retreat, near Brisbane. 
Tree of large size, vigorous, forming a dense head unless kept 
pruned, thornless, possessing a distinct foliage. Bears early and 
abundantly; fruit large, solid; skin thin, smooth, tough, and tightly 
attached to the pulp, which contains practically no rag. Pulp, firm, 
juicy, sweet; few seeds. Fruit a good carrier. 
Kumaquat (Citrus Japonica). 
Is very hardy and prolific and bushy. A native of Japan, where 
it is known as “I<in-Kan,” which means “gold orange,” “Kumquat” 
being Chinese for the same name. Being dwarf it can be planted 
close, i.e., 12ft. apart. Two varieties are grown—a round and an 
oval-shaped fruit; small, about the size of a large gooseberry; rind 
sweet and smooth, yellow, thick; high scented; pulp acid; many 
seeds. When quartered and boiled with sugar makes excellent pre- 
serves; steeped in spirits constitute very good bitters; crystallised 
it makes very good confection. The Chinese export considerable 
quantities put up in small stone jars. They also eat the fruit with- 
out peeling the rind. Apart from its economic value, the Kumquat is 
well worth cultivation in gardens for its ornamental appearance. 
The tree has slender branches without thorns, small leaves, and bears 
freely. 
THe PomELO (Citrus decumana). 
Also called “Shaddock” after a sea captain of that name, and 
in the United States of America “grape fruit,’ on account of the 
tendency of the tree to carry its fruit in bunches. The Dutch, who 
first procured it from Ceylon, introduced it into Mauritius under the 
name of Pampelmous, a corruption of the Indian name for fruit. 
The name Pomelo is generally given to the bigger kind, and the 
American term “grape fruit” to the clustered and smaller fruit. Of 
these the Florida kinds are better liked than the Californian. The 
fruit is borne in bunches—-“Grappes”—at the end of the shoots. 
The young growths and flower buds are coated with silvery hairs. 
Trees vigorous and resistant. Several varieties are grown, weighing 
