The Florida agriculturist., 1884-07-30
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
ART. III.-Of the Bigdrade Oranqe.
Citrus au1antium Indicum, fore icosandrio,
Orolla alba folio petiole alafo. fructu globUso,
aureo, medula acri ct aInaIa,
Biga,adier; BigaTade.
AIancio fOrte Arancla forte.
Narendj (orange.) AVicen.)
ond Arabian traditlons.)
OrengeS: POma ctrina acidl sen pOnt1c1 sa-
DOriS, (Vilriac in OrieutAl HlSt.)
ATangias. (Hug. Falc., ll69.)
Acripomum: vulgo Arangia. (Nicols., 1867
Arangi: Arrange: Orange (Gloss. of the Ro-
man language by Roquefort.)
Melaraucia. (Calvan, 1882
AIanza, (Ib.O
Citranguli sve Cetroni. Cl472D
Citruli. (AtSavona, 1859
Citroni. (Giust. Hist. OF Genoa)
Oranges. (Jouan. in vooage OF Chas. 1Xth
Granger: Granger cornu, or Bigarat. (Oli-
yer de Serr)
Medici (Merul)
Aurea AIrlus: Maa arantia. (Bauhin)
Citrus Narend1. ForSkal)
Citrus aurntium: Arancio forte (Targ.)
Citrus aurantium; Citrus petiolis alatis.
(Lin.)
The bigarade presents Il ramification
of very many true varieties and few sub
varieties. 1t would seem that this spe-
cies, more constant IN the reproduction,
changes from it only to diversity it in
very marked manner. 1t will, therefore,
be easier to give description of it's de-
rivatives, even to the hybrids.
The type is known under the name of
bgarade, ,durantium rulgdre meduUG Hcri.
It's varieties are six in number.
First. The type.
Second. The bigarade of double flow
Third. The bigarade with yellow leaf
Fourth. The Rich spoil.
Fifth. The little Chinese.
Sixth. The Chinese with myrtle leaf
The hybrids number seven.
The two first are the result of the mix
tIre of the bigarade With the qrspae: the
third and fourth are the product OF the
citron impregnated by the bigarade;
the fifth and sixth result from the orange
modified bv the lemon; the seventh is
a singular variety, in which is found
united the three species, citron, orange
and bigarade. We begin by describing
the type of the species.
yARIErIES-NO. XVII
Citrus aurantium Indicum, yulgare fructu
acido.
Bigaradier: Bigarade.
Arancio forte: ATancla forte.
Aurantium vulgare medula acri. Fer.]
AuIatium vulgare fructu ac1do.
AIanzo silvestra. Volc.l
Malus aurantia major. Bauh
Arantia lnaa. Cam. ~
Granger savage Of saIyageon ~; I! Io1nef Ia,
Aurea malus fructu acido, lClus.I
Alancio salvatico: Arancio da premiere f
Citrus aurantium petiolis alatls. LIN
The bigaradier is a species which
grows to a tree of round and pretty form.
The leaf, thin and lanceolated, has the
petiole furnished with two wings, which
are more pronounced than in the sweet
orange. But nothing SO much distin-
guishes it from that as it's flower,
which is, in the bigarade, more sweet
and more abundant in perfume. In
fact. it is only for its flower that the
tree is cultivated in Paris, in the cold
provinces, and in part OF the southern
districts, where they distil from the
flowers a sweet and delicious perfume
At Grasse, at Reno, and at Nice, they
cultivate it solely for this.
1t is cultivated for its fruit In Tuscany
and in Romania, where 1T is used like
lemons for seasoning vegetables and hsh.
This is the only use to be made of this
fruit. as it's skin encloses in it's vesicles
a caustic aroma of insupportable bitter
ness. and its Juice is both bitter and
acid.
The gardeners of Paris speak OF a
number of sub-varieties of the bigarade,
which are but little noticed in the south.
But these gardeners agree SO little in the
names that they give to the tree, as well
as in their characteristics, or the accl-
dents which mark them, that it is diff
cult to decide upon their nature. They
have generally in view, in their classiti-
cation, the more or less great abundance
of flowers borne by these varieties, and
have observed that this difference in
the towering is more apparent than real,
depending the relative nearness OF the
fower-buds. The blossoming thus seem
ing to be more or less abundant, accord
ing to the intervals between the buds.
The names given are not always suit
ed to the nature of the tree for instance
they call one the bigarade with grey
flower, OF which the flower opening very
quickly does not show the anthers as
Yellow as in the ordinary bigarade. They
4 give the name cyowned bigarade to an
other whose fruit has often small nip
pie al its point. They call one Adams