CITRUS AND TROPICAL FRUIT, Continued 
an inch or larger in diameter. The fruit is very 
acid like a lime, pleasantly flavored, and fine 
to dress avocados or to make salad dressings or 
for use in iced tea, punch, etc. Also makes a fine 
marm.alade. This is unusually hardy, growing in 
North and West Florida, and with high culture, 
fertilizer, water, mulching, can be kept prac¬ 
tically everbearing. 
KUMQUAT [3] (Citrus japonica). The smallest of 
commercially grown citrus trees, both in size of 
tree or bush, and in fruit, which latter, in all 
varieties, is eaten out of hand without peeling, 
or raw in salad combinations. When preserved, 
this is very nice in making ice cream sundaes, 
sandwiches, etc. 
Marumi. Round fruit up to about an inch in di¬ 
ameter. 
Meiwa. A new variety with round fruit slightly 
larger than Marumi. 
Nagami. The most general grown sort, having ob¬ 
long fruit up to 2 inches in length. Very pro¬ 
lific bearer. 
LEMON [4] (Citrus Limonia). 
Meyer. Dwarf Chinese. Valuable as a pot plant in 
the North, being very ornamental in winter. A 
small plant often has a dozen large lemons hang¬ 
ing on its branches, rather roundish in outline. 
This has proved especially hardy in Florida and 
the fruit is available almost the entire year. Juice 
very acid and valuable. 
Villa Franca. Tropical. A strong grower, quite free 
from thorns, and a producer of regular crops. 
The fruit is juicy, strongly acid and of fine qual¬ 
ity, almost seedless. 
LIME [5] (Citrus aurantifolia). The limes are gen¬ 
erally more tender than other citrus trees, and 
should have protection from cold in frosty loca¬ 
tions. 
Key. Tropical. A native lime bearing small fruit but 
very juicy and acid. A favorite in drinks. 
Rangpur. More hardy than other limes, with larger 
fruit, resembling the tangerine in color, but ex¬ 
ceptionally acid. Ready to use in November but 
will hold on tree till June and July. 
LIMEQUAT [6] Eustis. A hybrid of the common 
lime and oblong kumquat by the Department of 
Agriculture. Tree is a good grower and bears two 
or three crops per year under good care. Fruit 
oblong, about size of limes, thin-skinned, acid, 
and may be used in place of limes or lemons. 
Very hardy and may be grown all over Florida. 
MANDARIN [7] (Citrus nobilis). All in this group 
have usually flattened fruit, with fruit segments 
and skin loosely adherent, sometimes called “kid 
glove’’ oranges. 
China. An early-ripening fruit, rich orange in color 
and with a peculiarly delightful musky flavor. 
Flesh thick, very juicy, and melting. Altogether 
a very fine sort. 
Clementine. A new and very promising variety from 
Lake County, Florida. Very hardy and very early 
ripening. 
Dancy (Tangerine). Our standard variety in South 
Florida. With its rich reddish skin and highly 
aromatic peel, coupled with delicious flavor, it is 
very popular in its proper season, Chrsitmas to 
March 1, and later when on Cleopatra stock. 
King. A large fruit with rough and thick skin but 
delightfully flavored juice, ripening in spring. 
Oneco. Originating here, this has proved a very fine 
fruit, rather tender to ship, but of highest qual¬ 
ity. It is rounder than Dancy, which it gener¬ 
ally resembles, but sweeter. Season, winter and 
spring. Especially fine when on Cleopatra stock. 
Owari Satsuma. This is exceptionally hardy and is 
being widely planted in the Gulf region from 
North Florida to Texas when grown on Citrus 
trifoliata stock; for South Florida it should be 
grown only on Cleopatra Mandarin. Ripens very 
early and is edible from September onward. 
ORANGE [8] (Citrus sinensis). With the perfect¬ 
ing of the methods of handling fruit by the Flor¬ 
ida Citrus Exchange, orange-growing has taken 
on new life and prosperity, and bids fair to more 
than hold its own as a business for Florida. 
Enterprise Seedless. One of the newer varieties, 
coloring earlier and better than the Parson 
Brown. Seedless and of fine flavor, this bids fair 
to become one of the most popular early oranges. 
In size it is about like the Pineapple variety. 
Parson Brown. The best of the early Oranges grown 
on a commercial scale. The fruit is of medium 
to large size, excellent quality and ripens as early 
as last of October and November. Furnished on 
sour orange and Cleopatra mandarin stocks in 
small sizes only. 
Pineapple. A strong, upright grower and prolific 
bearer. Medium to large size fruit, thin, tough, 
very bright colored skin, juicy and of fine distinc¬ 
tive flavor. 
Ruby. A blood orange of merit, ripening fairly 
early and in season until February. The “blood” 
coloration only occurs very late in the season. A 
very prolific bearer. 
Florida oranges are bags of juice 
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