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CHINA ; 



Or, as it is sometimes called, the Willow-leafed orange, or 

 St. Michael's Tangierine. Tree, dwarf, with willow-like foliage, 

 remarkably hardy. A very ornamental and desirable species ; 

 the fruit is small, flattened ; skin thin, and of a deep yellow ; 

 loosely adhered ; pulp, dark orange color, spicy and aromatic. 



moeagne's tangierine. 



Tree largest of its family ; size and foliage more nearly re- 

 sembling the sweet orange; fruit large, flattened, of a deep crim- 

 son color ; skin adhering lightly to pulp : juice sweet and aro- 

 matic, and superior in quality to the rest of this type, except 

 Satsuma. 



bijou ; 



Or, as it is often called, Dancy's Tangierine. This is a seed- 

 ling of the Moragne Tangierine, and resembles it closely, except 

 that the fruit is of superior quality. The tree is a strong upright 

 grower. 



SATSUMA. 



This is another of the kid-glove oranges only recently in- 

 troduced, and it is destined to take high rank as a table and 

 dessert fruit. It was brought to Florida from the Island of 

 Kimbin, Japan, in 1874 and in 1878, and takes its name from 

 one of the chief cities of that island. The tree is thornless, the 

 leaves peculiarly thick, lanciolate, medium size, petiole linear. 



The fruit is medium size, flattened ; skin, deep orange color, 

 smooth and thin, easily detached ; pulp, dark orange ; segments 

 part freely, fine grain, tender, sweet, and delicious ; best in qual- 

 ity of the kid-glove family. 



This tree has one quality which will render it a valuable 

 acquisition to our list of oranges — it is remarkably hardy. Dur- 

 ing the cold winter- of 1880, the cold w^ave of December 25th, 

 which injured so many trees in the northern and central por- 

 tions of Florida, the Satsuma stood unharmed. On Fort George 

 Island, near the mouth of the St. John's River, where the Sat- 

 suma w^as first planted on Florida soil, lemons, limes, and shad- 



