The Florida agriculturist., 1884-08-13

Ills orange Is lnOC connected WITH Cle
0urdntiuH maximum of Ferraris, which
appears to be hybrid of two oranges,
and which has traits peculiarly it's own.
do not know whether this tree is
cultivated in Europe. / have many times
visited gardens in Italy and Spain, where
they pretended to have it, but have al
ways found it was but the Adam apple.
l have, however, seen one OF it's fruits
brought from America, and preserved in
spirits of wine, at the museum of the
Botanical Garden, Paris. Its size is truly
extraordinary. / have never seen an
Adams apple approaching it in volume
Its outer skin is smooth, and of the color
of the orange, which it exactly resem-
bles in form.
do not know the nature of its inner
skin and pulp, but the descriptions of
Rumphius and others teach us that
there exist several varieties, some hav-
ing sour and some sweet fruit. have a
fancy that the fruit at the Museum be-
longs to these last; for the sour fruit is
said to be pale yellow, the color of
the Pomme d 'd'Adam-very far removed
from the beautiful, golden fruit at the
Museum.
Millar says that this orange was car
ried from India by Captain Shaddock.
There is certainty respecting the ORR
gin of the Adams apple, though the
history of the pampelmous is obscure.
We know that the first, resembling the
pampelmous in size, and attached to it
by many varieties, has been cultivated
in Europe for more than 500 years. 1t
is possible that the English isles received
it from Asia, but it is certain that the
Spaniards, who acclimated it upon the
continent, brought it from Spain, where
it was cultivated from the time of the
Arabs.
HYBRIDS-NO. XXXVIII,
Citrus aurantium Sinense limoniforme folio
peuole alato, fructu favo Olongo papi.la ca
rente, cOrtice crasso, nedulla amarla.
Lime f1eur d'orange.
Aranzo a frutto limOniform, vulgo Limia
Aurantium limOnis efigia.
Aranzo iimonatO. Volc.l
The lemon-shaped orange is true
lime. It is knoMns however. by the
name Of bnsiq. The fruit he's the shape
- le,aos, and issiaal af = biaarades the
leaves and flowers are also like the lat
ter. 1t is hybrid of these two species.
They cultivate it but little in Liguria. |
have a specimen which keep to COM
plete my collection.
The juice may be used like that of the
temOn.
HYBRIDS-NO. XXxIX.
Citrus aurantium sinense folio ct fructu va
Iiegato.
OIanger fruit blanc: Granfer panache
Arancia biancO.
Aurantium striis aurels dist1nctum: Aranzo
flanrBtO. [VOlc., p. 1876.
Bonte orange appel. [COmmeLl
AuI1ntium virgatum Fer.
Granger Suissa or Rega.
[Encycl.] a z. f,fs4 = aa sBe f8'tf
The orange with yariegated fruit is a
hybrid of the lemon. Its leaf is edged
with yellowish white border, which is
due to the mixture Of this species. It's
fruit, before maturity, is whitish, striped
by some greenish lines, which become
yellow as the fruit ripens while the
white ground changes to orange color.
Its pulp is sweetish and has little per-
fume.
This variety is cultivated in Liguria
only by collectors and seedsmen. 1t is
very ornamental in gardens, but grows
slowly, and gives but little fruit. The
seedsmen Of Nerva carry it to Paris,
where | have seen some very goodroots.
VARIETIES-NO. XII.
Citrus aurantium Turcicum folio augusta
maculato, tructu Oblongo, cute albida striis
variata virentibus, evanuentes in maturitate,
cortici crassO, medulla amara.
The striped orange is a sub-variety of
the Turkish orange, with willow leaves,
and has a similar appearance.
Its leaf is little shorter and straight,
and is little more irregularly edged,
with whitish yellow border.
The fruit is yellowish, and striped with
many greenish bands which cut it in its
length. The pulp is bitter and the juice
insipid. / consider it a hybrid of the
lemon, for it appears to have received
from it the yellow with which it is
striped.
1t is cultivated in Liguria by amateurs
and seedsmen.