CALIFORNIA CITRUS CULTURE. 93 
secure ‘‘Citrus Fruits and Their Culture,’’ by H. Harold Hume, pub- 
lished by the Orange-Judd Company. 
Citrus nobilis Lour. 
The Mandarin oranges, which include the dancy tangerine (Fig. 63), 
are very peculiar. The trees are small, the foliage dense, the branches 
with small, sharp spines, leaves small with short petioles, slightly 
winged, and the fruit, usually reddish orange, very flat with the rind 
loose from the pulp so that it can be readily separated, while the nine 
Fic. 64.—Pomelo tree in fruit. 
(After Lelong.) 
to fifteen sections of the pulp separate very easily the one from the 
other. Except for curiosity, these Mandarin oranges would have little 
to recommend them, as the pulp is less melting than that of the sweet 
oranges and the juice is often unpleasantly tart. I think the pulp 
usually lacks flavor. Hume gives ten varieties of the Mandarins; one 
other of these, the Satsuma, has been planted not a little in California. 
From its deep color, pleasing pulp and absence of rag, the dancy tan- 
gerine is interesting and desirable for show. While these sell well, 
ofttimes, I think no one setting a commercial orchard would think now 
of using these trees. 
