EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS. 
The abbreviations and signs used in the columns which appear in the ensuing 
pages signify as follows: 
ORIGIN—Of variety or species. (Refers to species, 
race, or geographical derivation, as best cal¬ 
culated to define.) 
A., American. 
E., English 
E. I., East Indies 
P., Foreign. 
H., Hybrid 
J., Japanese 
N. , Originated in Florida. 
O. , Oriental. 
S. A., South America. 
W. L, West Indies. 
ORIGIN—(Referring to sweet oranges only.) 
The origin of oranges is given to conform as 
nearly as possible to the preponderance of in¬ 
fluence evidenced of the particular strain or its 
probable wild ancestry : Sev., Sweet Seville or 
Sweet China; St, M., St. Michael or Portugal; 
Mai., Malta Bloods, their progeny and kindred. 
ORIGIN—(Referring to peaches only). 
H., Honey race. 
N. C., North Chinese race. 
N. O. B., New Oriental Bloods. 
Per., Persian race. 
P-to, Peen-to race. 
S., Spanish race. ' 
ORIGIN—(Referring to grapes only). 
A., Aestivalis. 
L., Labrusca. 
R., Riparia 
V., Vulpina 
SEX"Of variety. (Referring to strawberries only). 
b, bisexual, 
p, pistillate. 
USE—Of fruits. 
d, dessert, eaten without culinary prepara¬ 
tion. 
c, culinary, including drinks, confections, 
condiments and domestic and manufactured 
preparations for gustatory use. 
s, shipping, for general market; good long¬ 
distance carrier. 
n, near-by market only. (Because of re¬ 
stricted demand or poor carrying qualities.) 
a. All purposes named above. 
V, Wine. (Referring to grapes only.) 
SIZE—Of fruit. 
l, large. 
m, medium, 
s, small. 
V, very. 
FORM—Of fruit. 
b. , blunt, obtuse. 
c. , conical. 
e. , elliptical. 
f. , flattened (oblate). 
h., heart-shaped (cordate). 
k. , kidney-shaped (reniform). 
l. , lemon-shaped. 
o. , ovate, 
ob., obovate. 
ok, oblong. 
p. , pyriform. 
pt., pointed apex. 
q. , quarter-marked. 
r. , round. 
FORM—Of bunch (applies to grapes only), 
br., broad, 
cl., cylindrical, 
cp., compact, 
sh., shouldered 
COLOR—Of fruit except as to peaches, where it 
refers to flesh. Use adjective or noun according 
to application Thus, r. stands for “red” or 
“reddish”; r. y., ‘ reddish-yellow”; r and y., 
“red and yellow” (as a yellow fruit with red 
cheek or other red markings). 
b. , black, 
bk, blue, 
br., brown.' 
bz., bronze. 
c. . crimson 
cr.. carmine. 
d. , dark. 
g. , green, 
k, light. 
o. , Orange (not a shade of red, but the color 
of ripe oranges). 
p. , purple. 
r. , red 
s. , salmon 
sc., scarlet 
V., violet, 
w. white, 
y., yellow. 
CLASS—Of fruit. 
C.. clingstone. 
F., freestone 
