The Florida agriculturist., 1884-08-13

rieties of dwarf orange, only one of
which is called a sour fruit. fl8 5si-
1t is unknown in Liguria and Provence.
yARIETIEs-No. xxxIv. ',.if
Citrus auranttum sinense fructu oliviforme,
dulci medulla ct cOrtice.
Granger fruit oliyiforme, a GEORGE ct jus
dOux, fttlsf % 2tA lassfeste
Arancio scorza dolce oliyiforme.
Aurantium Sinense fructu Oliv9, etc.
The dwarf, olive-shaped orange is still
peculiar to CHA. Ferraris says of it.,
that it was unknown in his time, except
in that country, and do not know that
it has been naturalized in Europe since
then. have not found it in any botan-
ical work Its fruit is shaped like, and
no larger than Spanish olive; the juice
is very sugary, and the skin sweet.
VARIETIES-No. xxxV.
Citrus arantium Sinense fore semipleno.
fructu scope foetiferoJ Jmedulla dulci.
Granger a 13eur double ct semi-double, sou.
vent p0rtant un fruit dams Pautre, q jus doux,
Arancio a flor doppio
Aurantium fore Memo. vOlc.
Ooanger fleur double. [Calvel]
The double-fowered orange is distin-
guished only by ahnultiplicity of petals,
increasing the size of the flower at the
expense of the sexual parts, which are
lacking.
l have never seen one of entirely
double flowers. The one own is semi
double.
have before remarked that this vari-
ETY. often gives fruit which encloseses a
second within itself, and that this is fire.
quent in all these monstrous varieties
and in hybrlds.
vARIETIEsLNo. XXXvI.
Citrus aurantium sinenso fructu nulci, cor
tici eduli.
Granger fruit doux ct GEORGE douce.
Augantiuln Lusitanicum pulpa, cum cOrtici
naanducandA ct duci. LVolc.
Aurantium PhiIippinunl sapore .dulci, cor
tice fiavo eduli. [FeE1
Malns aurantia costici eduh. [spanish-l Ma
ranJa caxel. [Clus.
Anrantium sluici abrtici; Oranje appel met
Zoete Schil. lComlhklyn.]
The orange OF. etiible skin is unknown
in Liguria. 1t caiie, originally, from the
Philippines, and have seen it at Sc
,'iiie- rne mug sweet, and its skin
t,ss, nss, e e n,ssns.s ma, '; Of piquance than
have obsarS9t, however, that we
also have varieties with thick skin, which
acquire a certain sweetness when the
fruit remains. on the trees until August.
The orange of edible skin does not merit
cultivation, except for completing col
lections.
1905 yARIETIES-NO. XXXvu.
Citrus aurantium decumanum fructu omni-
uin maxine, medulla dulci.
Granger PompelnlOus. 'e F
Arancio masSimOe ei asnsh 'ttA
Pampemus. [Meister.] Itin. [S4 Linn.]
Malus auTantia utTinSque IndB fructu ON
mum maximo ct sunvissimo, Belg1s Or1entai1-
Virginiensis nostratlbus alb inventors no.
mine Qui ex India orient, ad oras Americans
prlMus transtulit
saisanSGVk sioaaS Voy t6s%aics SsS n 81 ST. 4 tdB! islA
Limo decumanus; Pompelmoes. [RuInph.]
Arantium Indicunl maximum, vulgO POM
psaissssti a6.sstidS aSVis; lfle haasiaS India orient
Called Chadock, or la Tete d. Enfant. or
Pampelmouse. IMillar Dict] ai
The Citrus decitmand has been often
confounded with the p0mune Adani, both
varieties being Of an extraordinary size,
consequently the name decumGnG or de-
cunaonus, which signifies ten times (de-
rived from deceni,) has been applied in
discriminatory to both. They present,
however, traits SO different that it is ne
cessary to put the first among varieties,
the second among hybrids. q sE
The aurantiuN decumanum is the same
as the limO deculAanus of Rumphius, and
the Dadl,ts aoranka fructu Omnium nld.ri-
mo Ell su0cissino pf Sloane, and is ver-
liable orange tree, bearing extraordina-
rily large fruit, yet having all the char
acteristics of the orange.
In India this variety gives q numerous
graduation of sub-xarieties, described
principally by Rpmphius in his herbari-
ua, dalboinense, and of which some are
perhaps hybrids crossed with bigarades,
citrons, and lemons.
This writer describes some having red
and sweet fruit others with fruit sour
and skin edible still others with insipid
fruit and bitter skin.
Sloane confounds also this orange with
the Adams apple, and after reporting it
as the molus aurdntid fructu rotundO
mdrimo paIJesceste humanum cogat erce-
fdente Of many lbotanists, he calls it the
malus durdntid utriusquei Indie, fructu
onniunl 9l0riunlo ct suaCissimO OF Pluken,
which is the true Pompelmous.
Linn@us, who wrote after these, uni
ted them under the same name, and ap-
peared to indicate the Adams apple in
the malus durGntiG fructu
naagimo of Sloane, and the pompelmous
in that of Meist.
All this clearly proves the existence OF
a sweet orange, extraordinarily large,
whose hybrids and varieties are SO nu-
merous that they cause confusion in
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