The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-12-31

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throw out these conjectures merely
to show that the extraordinary varieties
found in books often owe their existence
to the vagueness of their names, which
represent ideas far removed from truth,
and that the number of true varieties is
much less than at first would appear.
4 Nautilus Sylvaticus says that the cit
rus apples (po'Rorun. citrinorraa, Pand.
Med, p. 1861 are four in number, the
citron tree (citTUs), the bigaTade tree
citrdngulus), the lennon tree (Emon), and
the lime (iimd calgo dictd), which, appa-
rently is but the Adams apple.
4 Hugo Falcandus talks OF lumies (ldDt-
ids), and incline to the opinion that
they are nothing else than lemons, be-
cause he says they are only fit for sea-
soning food lad coadieadis cibis idoncas).
These are all the varieties known in
/ Italy until the middle of the fifteenth
century.
| The orange tree of sweet fruit appeared
about this time and in Mathioli's day it
had been followed by only very few
4 varieties.
! This botanist counts bat three varie-
4 ties of citrons-that of large fruit or cit
ron of Genoa, the citron of Salo, and a
third, whose fruit is the size of a lemon.
| He describes three varieties of the
~orange trees-the sour, the sweet, and a
third of mixed taste.
He speaks but OF single species of
lemon tree, also OF but one species of
Adam apple, that he calls tOmid.
Augustine Tailo, VINO wrote at very
NEARLY the same epoch, names only three
species OF orange trees-sweet, sour,
and medium.
lie mentions but one citron, that of
iSalo; only one lemoM, the Adams APP
pie, and the tinNaped, which he says, is a
middle species between the Adam S
apple and the leiaoal7 and Is, perhaps, q
,ponclre.
1t is surprising that Herrera, who
Lived after these authors, speaks only OF
the orange, lemon, and GSdmbOd, or to-
'r01j0, which is the -Aeam's apple.
4 Olivier de Serces says. there ore
knoWn n LAY .s ,.s 81 c;+,.n,,
rooo, uliuJi $3.50. TId o1a
su nI,nI ,,,,J, ,,d ~
.I, oaae 80 +ho,o fo,,, tho,,o ORC Several sorts
5agl 5:an =. .'ioso +Isa,,,al,,eS rothar IL,
ulnelinS @.no .is,, a.ao'.;os +ho;r fer,,,
s,A5 @ ,,I ~, ."I.u loo,.l,, oIwavs tho
a any w. ;, III n;tns a. oaDI'.;o, t;nd of
fo Iau ooiioa th,,s =, prowo,oa and Tho
inn'.nJi io,i onanoo 81. b;~arodo ,,ncb valned
fo. iuDto - 20 t5roS'th ad1f;ng estbara are
sUr Soat ~ o ond so,,, oran.,es and others mar
e%GuS sot;.,S, ",' af hott saves Tho same nav
Sn la a. of Sotn 1a,o"rS .:ft,ons .and NON
o;ioS III So 3, f0,IT Tbeatr@ OF gr;cnltnre
uiiesi enc No''iN' > Ae''' 'Sl ' = ''i'' - -
r Suob Su wos tho state of ,the family Of the
oor,,,,,; n ", E,,rono yl Of ths Observation-Disclosures
e a. s;~,+oa,,tb co,,s,,,o.,y hDt Of th;s
t;,,a u Ut tha sl commercial raIstions which ex.
tln5 Si,H in tha oo,,nty;as WHARF
tbaSe tH,aSl ,frrits si were re ;nI;oenaus and the
rrvIG rmnit;nl;nat;on S and nsa @f the seed % in
+ha aIrIt,,ra of those nlamts increased
Sro ;o;n,'siy, the nnul laar Of Tariet;eS s;,s
|RhTs RIu we soc one hnSSneS wears rs after
Tonoro counts a;obtv-thnee snecies ~.
rar;at;es @GetG % and This nTnaher has since in
craa sod I st;Il M more ranidlv either in TACT
w Cri.'90o ;'' onnaorance nnt;i we see the nm.
,noro,,s lm sfdtsl fpdstaloauas have heeone a snb-
,cto0 ;nct Of dsSna;r 10 of tba most weaItbw and
J,,ost Jocs - roaSai1s mo ra1r Ubo woo,Id forn,
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