THE ORANGE FAMILY. 691 
8. OpELL’s Larce Wuirs. 
Very large, round, skin grey, with green net-wirk. Rind 
three quarters of an inch thick. Flesh pale red, of a “very 
good” quality. Keeps a long time after being gathered. 
Originated with Col. A. G. Sumner, South Carolina ¢W, 
D. Brinckle, Ms.) 
Oranex.—Peculiar for the division of its fiesh from the rind, 
medium size, roundish oval, light green, with shades of-darker 
green; rind half an inch thick. Flesh red, not very solid, of 
good quality, but not equal to Mountain Sweet and ‘Imperial. 
Mountain Sprovt.—Large, long, oval, striped with light and 
dark green. Flesh scarlet, a little open in the centre. Rind 
thin, seeds light fawn colour, one of the best. ‘ 
Mountain SweEeT.—Similar to the above, except it often has 
aman-melon neck. Flesh rather more solid, and of excellent 
flavour. This is grown extensively for the markets. - 
_ Appiz Seepep.—Medium roundish, slightly oval, dark rich 
green; rind thin. Flesh scarlet, crisp, sweet, and very good. 
Early and prolific, seeds very small, dull reddish brown, 
Icz Cream.—A fine variety, large, round, early ana prolific, 
Skin very light green. Rind rather more than half an inch 
thick. Flesh white, crisp, sugary, and excellent; seeds white. 
‘CHAPTER XXIX. 
Taz Orance Famtzy. 
Citrus, L. Aurantiacee, of Botanists. 
Tax Orange family includes the common orange (Citrus auran- 
trum); the Lemon (C. limonum); the Lime (C. limetia); the 
Shaddock (C.decumana) ; and the Citron (C. Medica); all differ- 
ent species, with the same general habit. : 
The Orange, a native of Asia, is the most attractive and 
beautiful of fruit trees, with its rich, dark evergreen foliage and 
its golden fruit; and it may well therefore enjoy the reputation 
of being the golden apple of the Hesperides. ‘When to these 
charms we add the delicious fragrance of the blosscms, sur- 
passing that of any other fruit tree, it must be conceded that, 
though the orange must yield in flavour to some other fruits, 
yet, on the whole, nothing surpasses an orange grove, or or- 
chard, in its combination of attractions—rich verdure, the deli 
cious aroma of its flowers, and the great beauty of its fruit. 
The south of Eurcpe, China, and the West Indies, furnish the 
