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 calculated to define.) 
A., American. 
E., English. 
E. I., East Indies. 
F. , Foreign. 
H., Hybrid. 
J., Japanese. 
N. , Originated in Florida. 
O. , Oriental. 
S. A., South America. 
W. I., West Indies. 
ORIGIN—(Referring to sweet oranges only.) 
The origin of oranges is given to con¬ 
form as nearly as possible to the prepond¬ 
erance of influence evidenced of the par¬ 
ticular strain or its probable wild ancestry: 
8ev., 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 prepa¬ 
ration. 
c, culinary, including drinks, confec¬ 
tions, condiments and domestic and manu¬ 
factured 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 quali¬ 
ties.) 
a, all purposes named above. 
w, 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. 
ol., 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-yel¬ 
low;” r and y., “red and yellow” (as a 
yellow fruit with red cheeks or other red 
markings). 
b. , black, 
bl., blue, 
br., brown, 
bz., bronze. 
c. , crimson, 
cr., carmine. 
d. , dark. 
g; green. 
1., 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. 
