A JAPANESE SLCCESS. 



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tened shape of the class, but with a rougher skin 

 than either the Mandarin or Tangierine. This 



who brought it from tlie island of Kiusiu, one of 

 the Japanese group. Since, it has also been intro- 

 duced by way of California, 

 under its Japanese name — 

 Oonshiu or Unshiu. There is 

 no difference, although many 

 claims have been made as to 

 the superiority of the Califor- 

 nia sort. A critical compari- 

 son of the fruit of each shows 

 them to be identical. It is 

 another one of the many ex- 

 cellent things which our Jap- 

 anese friends are discovering 

 to us, and for which we should 

 be grateful to the "Yankees 

 of the East." 



The tree is rather dwarf, 

 and reclinate in habit, the 

 branches drooping to the 

 ground, resembling somewhat 

 a Kilmarnock willow in this 

 respect. It is entirely thorn- 



A Florida Satsuma, Four Years Planted. 



skin is a reddish orange in color, and of peculiar 

 leathery texture. The segments are but loosely 

 adherent, so that the orange is readily eaten out of 

 hand without spilling the juice ; this, however, is 

 characteristic of the species, as is also the peculiar 

 looseness of the skin, which has caused these varie- 

 ties to be called " kid-glove " oranges in the market, 

 from the facility with which the skin is removed. 

 The impression that a good orange cannot be en- 

 joyed gracefully will not be verified in the case of 

 this type ; the small, delicate segments can be sep- 

 arated and eaten without in the least soiling the 

 hands or face. It is practically seedless; some 

 specimens have one or two small seeds. Being with 

 out the rank and somewhat "fishy" odor of the 

 type, it does not offend the nostils, while it surely 

 tickles the palate ; the flavor is something surpris- 

 ing. I have frequently handed sections of a Sat- 

 suma, without comment, to friends not acquainted 

 with it, waiting in silence the exclamation, sure to 

 come : "Why, it tastes like a cherry !" Sometimes 

 the impression was that of a strawberry flavor, and 

 I have noted two or three entirely distinct bouquets, 

 if they may be so called, in the same fruit. To 

 most people this orange is delicious, and other va- 

 rieties, however good, lose their desirability in com- 

 parison with it. 



The Satsuma is said to have been introduced into 

 Florida about 1880 by Mrs. Gen. Van Valkenburgh, 



A Satsuma Grown Under Glass. 



less, and marvelously productive — a tree planted 

 but four years on the grounds of R. D. Hoyt, at 

 Bay View, Florida, had on it 625 fruits early in 



