INVENTING NEW FRUITS 
many home gardens, and its fruit was widely used for 
making “ ades.” The chief objection to it was the fact 
that the skin was so intensely bitter — an inheritance 
from the trifoliate orange — that a single drop of juice 
from it would spoil a pitcher of the drink the fruit 
furnished. 
So these fruit-breeders decided on another cross. They 
mated this citrange with the kumquat, a mild-skinned 
citrus fruit used only for candying and preserving. An 
improved fruit resulted that would grow in the southern 
half of such states as Georgia and Alabama. It has been 
christened the citrangequat, from the three stocks from 
which it came. It is today growing in hundreds of door- 
yards through the South. This plant is a very attractive 
ornamental tree for lawns. Its brilliant evergreen leaves 
and its abundance of bright orange-red fruit are most 
attractive. From the time this fruit is half grown in July 
it may be used for the purposes usually served by lemons. 
In addition, because of its mild skin, it can be used for 
candying purposes and as preserves. Then in November, 
when it is fully ripe, it may be eaten like an orange. 
Thus is a most attractive new citrus fruit created, one 
that will grow without fear of frosts over a great area of 
the United States. The probabilities are that it will be 
still further improved as time passes and will take its 
place as a permanent addition to the diet of the nation. 
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