ITS CULTUKE IN CALIFOKNIA. 



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a delicious aroma not unlike that of berg- 

 amot, from which peculiarity the tree de- 

 rives its name. Grown mostly for orna- 

 ment and curiosity. 



Besides the above, Mr. Garey enumer- 

 ates the following forty varieties whicli 

 be imported or propagated: 



Large St. Michael. — Thick skinned ; 

 inferior. 



Small St. MiCHAEL.-Doubtf ui whether 

 it is an established variety, but, if so, en- 

 tirely distinct from the Paper Rind St. 

 Michael ; small, tnick skinned ; inferior. 



Maltese Oval.— Not fruited. 



Los Angeles. — Common Seedling. 



Chuchupillas. — Mexican, not fruited. 



Bitter.— Bigarade of Florida. 



Myrtle Leaf. — Ornamental only. 



Pernambuco.— Not fruited. 



White Orange.— Pulp white, inferior. 



Variegated Orange. — Ornamental 

 only. 



Exquisite.— Small ; no value. 



Sandw^ich Island.— Small and yery 

 sour ; no value. 



Large Chinese.— Not fruited. 



Prolific— Not fruited. 



Forbidden Fruit.— Not fruited. 



Emperor Mandarin.— Dwarf fruit ; 

 fair ; not equal to Mandarin. 



Coolie Mandarin. — Tall, standard tree; 

 thorny ; fruit, dwarf. 



Dwarf Mandarin.— Dwarf tree ; fruit 

 identical with that of the standard Coolie 

 Mandarin above. 



Canton Mandarin.— Not fruited. 



Thorny Mandarin. — Not fruited. 



Emperor of China.— Not fruited. 



St. Jago.— Not fruited. 



Egg.— Not fruited. 



Nutmeg. — Not fruited. 



Seville.— Not fruited. 



Rio.— Not fruited. 



Teneriffe.— Not fruited. 



Paramatta.— Not fruited. 



Heong Leong.— Not fruited. 



Sabina.— Not fruited. 



Cumquat.— Not fruited. 



Queen. — Quality fair. 



Poor Man's Orange. — Not fruited. 



Seletto. — Not fruited. 



Bouquet. — Blooms continuously ; very 

 ornamental. 



Tahiti. — Seedling; same as common 

 Los Angeles fruit. 



Loretto.— Not fruited. 



ElxcELsiOR.— Fruited ; thought to be a 

 fine variety and a possible acquisition t^> 

 our budded fruits. 



Florida Seedling.— Same as Los An- 

 geles Seedling. 



Portugal.— No value. 



The following varieties grown in Florida 

 are held in high esteem there, but have- 

 never been cultivated in California, so fav 

 as I am informed. For this list I am. 

 mainly indebted to Manville's Practical- 

 Orange Culture : 



Early Oblong.— Synonym, T/iornlesH^ 

 Bell.— Fruit medium size, oblong, thick 

 skin ; lacking the sub-acid of other sorts ; 

 quality fair. Though its color does no^t 

 turn much before the other sorts, its Juices 

 attain perfection one ortwomontbs earlier^ 

 when it should be marketed. Tree bears 

 young ; prolific ; vigorous ; not as large 

 as some ; leaves elliptical, acute and. scat- 

 tering ; branches slender and thornless. 

 Originally imported, but long grown in 

 Florida. 



Satsuma. — For the following description 

 of this tree I am indebted to Mr. A. F. 

 Styles, of Jacksonville. He writes : 



" This new Japanese Orange was intro- 

 duced into Florida several years since, by 

 Mrs. General Vanvalkenburg, of St. Nich- 

 olas, and is destined to take high rank 

 among the new varieties. The tree is of 

 dwarf habit of growth, entirely thornless, 

 and very hardy. In the cold 'snap' of 

 December, 1880, the leaves of tliis tree did 

 not even curl, while all other varieties, 

 with the same exposure, lost ail their 

 leaves. It is sure to bear the second year 

 from budding, and it will bear too heavily 

 unless prevented by tliinning. It liiake.s^ 

 a much more vigorous and thrifty tree, if 

 budded on a sweet stock, in preference to 

 the sour, or bitter-sweet. 



" Of the fruit, Dr. Davis, in his book on 

 orange culture, says ; ' This fruit belongs 

 to the loose-rind species, Citrus Auranti- 

 um Japonicum, is medium size, flattened, 

 deep orange color, smooth, thin skin^ 

 which is sweet, aromatic and easily de- 

 tached from the pulp. Color of pulp;^ 

 dark orange; segments part freely; fine> 

 grain, tender, juicy, sweet and delicious^ 

 There is none of that i-ank odor which 

 characterizes most other varieties belong- 



