The Florida agriculturist., 1884-08-13
CHAPTER mn.

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CHAPTER III.
ART. IV.-Of the Sweet-hwited Ordnye.
Citrus aurantium sinense fore icosanario.
corola alba. folio petiole alato, fructu gl05oso
aureo, meduha dulci.
SYNONYMS OF SWEET ORANGE.
Granger fruit doux: Orange douce.
AIancio domestico: Arancia dolce.
Aranci; Citroni. (Matiol)
Aranzi. (Giustin. Hist. of Genoa.)
Eeangolo: Melarancia. (Font.)
Narendi bnlu. IForskal Flor. Egypt. Arab. )
Auranticum succo dulvi. (Salin.)
Aurea malus fructu dulci.
Aurantim fructu duci. (VOlc.)
Aurantium vulgare medulla dulci. IFerr.)
Arancio dolce; Arancio di Poltogall0; Aran-
clio iii Malta: Melarancio; Araneia da mangi-
Citrus a9rantium. (Lin.)
The orange of sweet fruit presents a
large number of well marked varieties,
are two which bear the characteristics of
the type. First is the common sweet
orange, or Portugal; second is the, China
orange
1t is useless to endeavor to ascertain
whether Nature created originally the
first of which the fruit has little thicker
skin. or whether it is variety OF the
u
tvpe. and this will be the aurGatsom U,tl-
gdre; and we will place the a@rdntium
siaease at the head of varieties, of which
there are eight.
First. The type, or Portugal orange.
Second The China orange
Third. The led-fruited orange.
Founth. The dwarf, sweet-fruited or
Fifth. The olive-shaped orange.
Sixth. The dOuble-fiowered orange.
Seventh. The sweet orange with edi-
BILE skin.
Eigth. The pompelmous.
The ahybridS are very numerous, We
have ss4at tassSA ss,s,aoa,u. the binarades as
that spccies dominates in their charac-
tets Two others have been ranked
among g,citroIis, and three among lemons.
We Shall give to the list of oranges
but three hybrids, in which the traits Of
the orange are conspicuous.
First. !, Is the. sour lime, with orange
3tiowers.
81 second. ~The variegated lime. zor Or
ange with white fruit.
Third The striped lines orTurkish
orange with variegated leaves
/ have seen many sub-yarieties which
are connected to these. hybrids, but 1
consider it useless to describe all these
. subdivisions, whose additional charac1
teristies. .furnis Ii nothing newW 4SS&s
ANY person adopting the principles, Of
nv theory could class them himself on
occasion, and connect them to the -varie-
ty to which they belong
Neithershave 4 thought it my duty to
place in this arrangement a great num-
ber of other singular races, OF which
:. one, finds the names in modern works,
> without their characteristics being deter
mined They do not exist in the gardens
of Italy and Provence, nor in those OF
Spain, where have sought them in vain.
l have come to believe them but imagin-
ary varieties, or else species OF India,
not known in Europe. Some botanists
have also founded species upon the pres
ence or absence of the thorn (C'5tl1tS
iRer2als.) #AE
have alreadyremarked this part, so
natural to the orange, is sometimes lack
ing in individuals produced by an extra
ordinary formulation.
This phenomenon, analogous to that
OF the scarcity of hair, which distin-
guishes sterile beings in the animal king
dom, forms one of the traits accompany
ing often the choicest varieties; but it
does not of itself constitute a variety
1t is because of these reflections that
. the thornless orange has not been placed
in this table.
WARIETIES-NO. xxx. K itt
Citrus aurantium Sinense vulgare fruetl
globoso. cortice classo, medulla dulci, Vulgo
Portugal. M f.. Z
Granger fr1Iit douz or dc Portugal
Arancio dolce: Portogallo.
Aurantium vulgare medulla dulc1.
Aurantium wulgare fructn dulci. AranzO
dolce. kVOlc. p. lS7,) -. s.a q =. -.
Aurantium Olysi ponese; Appel Sina of Lis
bense. Oranj appel. 81. CammelynD
Arancio di PortogallQ.
Citrus aurantium OlysipoDese: Granger de
Portugal e(DesfD 14H lNNf 48B u
The orange Of Portugal, or common
sweet orange lisa tree growing to a great
height when raised from seed. Its leaf
is green, having a winged petiole, its
shoots are whitish, its flowers entirely
white and very odorous, though not
equal in perfume to those of the bigar-
age. yas-s
Its fruit, ordinarily, round, is sonie-
times lattened, sometimes little oblOng.
The rind, less than an eighth of an inch
in thickness, of a reddish yellow, and
full of aroma; the inner skin is sallow