The Florida agriculturist., 1884-07-23

Citrus limon fore seIni-nleno.
Linlonier fieur somf-doltie.
Limon a flor semidopplos
Limonier fieur double. Miller Dict.
The double-fowered emon is a tree
whose flowers have many petals, but are
not entirely sterile. ahe cannot give a
description of it's fruit, IS 1t is influenced
and changed by plants near it, and
strangely modified in form OF fruit 1t
has no seeds and is ve1E rare
HYBRIps-ND. XII.
Citrus me1Ica limon frustu citrate, oblongo
cortice rugoso, crasso ct esinli.
Poncire d'Espagne: Lilrpn cedrat.
I.imone -cedrat0.
Ponciies. [Olivier de Seir,l
Poncira, quasi pOnla cerf;t. Sa lmas, ad So
lin.
Poncires, quasi pona citri. LG. Bauh, Theat
Bot.]
Limon citrAtus; Mala iinlonia citrata. Hour
Citrus medica Balotina:l Citronier Ba,otin.
[Desfont Ecole de Bot
The lemon-citron With tuberculous
fruit is a poncire, having the appear
ance of lemon tree, ofswhich the fruits,
nearly always oblong shave an uneven
skin, thick and edible.
They are, however, less delicate than
the lemon-citrons with glossy skin, but
are much cultivated in Liguria.
It's varieties are innumerable among
them we can place theslimon STRATUS am
alphitanus, the limon Ys0solinus, and 9TH
ers, spoken of by Fenaris. Also the
limoniun, citdtuns of Yolcamerius, and
many others.
think we may also place in this series
the variety cultivated in the Garden of
Plants at Paris, under tie name of Balo-
tin. 1t has the same appearance and
traits, and if the description OF it's fruit
given me by the gardeners is exact it
belongs to the ponciress
HYBRIDs-NC. XIII.
Citrus medica limon fruytn citrate, ovato,
cortice glapro, crasso, cibshu gTatlssilno pull
pa fcrf nulla actdula, SAPOmum Paradise.
| POncire di san Reno, or liOlnme di Paradis,
| LinOne cedratO finO posSO di Paradise.
Pomum Paradise. lEerr
| LimOn citlAtus: ttlnOn GtNNStO. II Nolc.l
The lerlorl-citron, 3 f;s.f l1fe.s Il, sl II
| is the tree commonly 1O;lf IN zgs .}ontii,e
1t has the appearanceSty q lemon tree
its fruit egg-shaped, hasE the glossy rind
of the lemon, while its Inner skin, thick,
| like that of the citron, Is of dazzling
whiteness and an exquifite delicacy. 1t
may be eaten raw Will sugar, or as a
conserve. In Liguria, Where the people
are gourmands with tais fruit, it is in
every garden. There are trees bearing
fruit larger than the largest citrons. The
favorite variety is called the Paradise
apple 1t is a poncire much larger than
a lemon, and with skinaso thick that it
has scarcely any pulp shall not give
the description of all the varieties spo-
ken OF by Ferraris and Nolcamerius.
They all resemble this one, and are
marked by the same traits.
The poncires are always seedless. /
have never yet found one in them.
HYBRIDs-Nd XIV.
Citrus medica imon aurantiata fructu ova-
TO, .croceo; medulla dulcissiIna.
Lime sucree.s
Limone arsA,lciato lima dolcissima
Lilnon sacchalAtuS, sive dulcissilnuS; liinon
zuccherin dolce. Nolc1
The sweet lime, or lemon, with orange
pulp, is hybrid which has preserved
all the traits OF the lemon in the leaf and
outside of fruit, while the pulp is sweet
like the orange.
This variety is nearly. the same as the
lim0n sGcchardtum coRferam OF NoLC. !,
and the lim0a lusitdnie lalgustdEs duIci
medulId, of the same writer. In Liguria
great number of these hybrids are cul-
tivated, but in passing from one garden
to another one cannot but observe that
by slight changes they have been modi-
fed infinitely.
HYBRIDS-No. XIV.
Citrus medica limon aurantiaia fructu par
yo, suavissime odoraco, vulgo, Bergamotto.
Lime BerEamOttO.
Limone BeTgamottO.
Limone Bergamotta, aliis aurantium bergs-
motta, [Volc.
Citrnsinedica Bergamium: Granger Berga-
motto. LDesf., Tab. ~ EcoEe de Bot
The bergamot is a plant growing to
very little hight, and preferring the open
air to the espalier.
Its branches are long and plant. The
leaves, often a little quilted, are based
upon long petiole, often winged like
that of the orange, and resemble those
of the bitter orange in form and color
Its flower is white, and has twenty sta
mems, as in the orange. Its fruits small
sometimes a little nipple or mdmetone
at the point, and often in the shape OF
a pear 1t yellows at maturity, and
takes the figure and color of the lemon.
Its skin, glossy and thin, contains
inthe vesicles with which it is filled, an
essential oil, of sweet and sharp odor,
which makes the value of this variety J;
its pulp, sharply sour and bitter, is OF no
use.
In these characteristics it is easy to