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"The plants of Seville oraDge and lemon raised from these will be used 

 as stocks, when large enough, for budding good kinds on. The plants 

 imported from England and America will form stock trees for the 

 supply of eyes for budding. In all, 27 varieties of orange, 8 varieties 

 of lemon, 3 varieties of lime, 4 varieties of grape-fruit, and the best 

 kinds, respectively, of shaddock, citron, and forbidden fruit have been 

 imported and planted out in permanent positions. The following are 

 amongst the plants received : — 



St. Michaels. — This is a thin-skinned and well flavoured orange. 

 The tree bears young and is prolific, and has few thorns. Several 

 thousands of grafted plants, and seedlings have been distributed for 

 many years throughout the island from a tree in the Public Gardens 

 originally imported from Messrs. Rivers, England. The fruit of oDe of 

 these seedlings grown in the Port Royal Mountains has been submitted 

 for an opinion to an experienced fruit buyer now purchasing oranges 

 in the island for export : he states that it is one of the finest grades of 

 the true St. Michael's orange, that this fruit would fetch the highest 

 price in the New York market, and that there would always be a demand 

 for these from Jamaica, as the St. Michael's grown in the island, and 

 specially in the Port Royal Mountains, are much finer than any grown 

 in either Florida or California. 



There are several varieties of the St. Michael's, of which the follow- 

 ing, as well as the ordinary variety, have been imported from Messrs. 

 Rivers : — 



Botelha, w T ith thin rind, and rich pulp ; 



St. Michael's Egg, very large, rind thick, remarkably juicy, a great 

 bearer. 



Exquisite, a thin-rinded, rich, and juicy fruit. 



Sustain, large and remarkable for the delicacy and high flavour of the 



pulp; 



Silver or Plata, pale yellow, thin rind, pale flesh, flavour piquant and 

 delicious. 



Besides the St. Michael's and its varieties, the following have been 

 received from Messrs Rivers : — 



Jaffa, originally from Syria and the fruit is preferred to any other 

 orange in England. 



Pemambnco, fruit fine and, delicious, tree robust in growth. 



Blood, pulp stained with'deep crimson, fruit large and delicious ; skin 

 thin ; foliage and growth very different from the St. Michael's. 



Malta, like the Blood in size and form of fruit, but pulp not red. 



Embiguo or Navel, fruit large, flesh fine, melting and tender, juice 

 sweet, vinous and aromatic ; quality excellent. The fruit of this variety 

 is usually seedless, and it has a peculiar umbilical formation at the top. 

 It was originally imported from Bahi >. 



From Florida the following have been imported, besides the Jaffa 

 and Navel : — 



Jaffa Blood, a new Blood orange originating in Sanford, Florida. 



Parson Brown, a Florida seedling, productive and ripening early ; 

 large, juicy, and sweet. 



Tardif, medium sized, round, skin smooth and thin, grain fine, a 

 common Florida orange, in quality above the average, retains its juices 



