THE ORANGE 89 
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_ If you have made out the table and filled it in correctly, you will 
find that the lemon and orange differ in three things, —color, shape, 
and taste, but are alike in seven other things, and these are the most 
important. The likeness does not end here, however. Look now 
at the plates representing the lemon and the orange. There is a 
spray of blossom on each plate. In shape of leaf, in form of blos- 
som and bud, and the color of leaves and blossoms, they are so 
much alike that many people cannot tell them apart. Both grow 
on small trees, and these, too, are very much alike. So you see 
here two very interesting fruits, which at first sight appear to be 
very unlike, but on closer study are found to be almost identical. 
Oranges and lemons grow in warm countries, and are raised 
in great quantities in Florida and California, whence they are sent 
to New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, and other large cities. 
Perhaps, if they could be more widely cultivated they would 
be more used, but the frost kills the trees and they cannot be 
grown where the winters are cold. 
But even if oranges were as cheap and plenty as apples they 
would not take their place. Try to imagine an orange pie or 
dumpling, baked oranges or orange sauce, and you will see why! 
Nor do the animals like them so much as we do, though per- 
haps this is because the skin is not good. Offer an orange to a 
horse some day and see if he will eat it. 
You may have noticed how little the color varies. It is bright 
yellow or bright orange, and sometimes russet, but never green 
or red or purple or blue, if the orange is ripe. And the shape is 
as constant as the color. 
