The Florida agriculturist., 1884-07-23

same objects, diversified sometimes by
/ slight accidents unworthy OF note.
vARIETIEs-No. VIM.
Citrus medica limon fruc III ovato, crasso, ct
crate acido.
Limonier de Genes,
! L1mOne GenOVeSe.
Li1non Liguri8 ceriascus, lFer.)
Limon vuIgaris. (Tournef. Hist. Rei. Herb
Malus limouia acid. &c. b. Pin.)
/ LiInonia malus q. Bauh)
Dimon yulgaris Witte linioen. tCommelyn
Hesp. Belg.)
Limun Vulgaris: Limon volgare (volc.)
Citrus medlca acida: Citronier aiyre. (Des-
font Tab. de fEcole de Bot.)
The lemon OF Genoa is vigorous tree,
which will also extend itself en- esp0lier
Con trellis, and bears an abundance
of fruit. Its trunk, branches, leaf, and
flower are like other lemons. 1t has no
thorns, and blossoms continuously from
spring till fall. The fruit, usually egg
shaped, has skin little thick-some
times smooth, sometimes uneven-and
an abundance of sharp, acid juice. 1t
is very generally cultivated upon the
coast of Liguria, from Spezzia to Hyeres.
1t is the fruit of commerce by reason of
its thick skin protecting it in its transit.
1t is multiplied by graft, but may be
raised from seed. These trees (trom
seed however, nearly always have
! thorns.
NARIETIES-NO. TX.
| Citrus medica limon fructu ovato, cortice
glabro, tenni, medulla acidissima.
Limonier fruit fin: lustrat
Limon finO. luStTato.
t,,,fNr m Qpi1
! III, X. Par. Tournef Inst. Rel. Herb.)
! The lemon OF delicate fruit is the fa-
yorite among lemons. Its tree resembles
/ the ordinary lemon, but it's fruit, which
! is ovoid and large, has a remarkably
smooth, glossy skin, so thin that one can
scarcely distinguish the white part. Its
pulp is very delicate, enclosing a large
Quantity of acid, agreeable juice, full of
a delicious aroma. 1t is asserted that
this fruit, coming from Rome, where it
is known by the name of lustrato, bears
a finer perfume than when cultivated
elsewhere. AT Iiguria there are many
varieties of it, called st. Reno, Bugnet-
ta: and Spanish lBalotiD The last has
a very small fruit, having all the pecu-
/ liarties of the lustrato The sbalotin
seems to be a product OF the lustrato
and lime of Naples-a lime trifie small
err and surprisingly rich in delicacy and
| fragrance. This balotin is entirely dif-
ferent from that which is cultivated un-
der this name at the Garden OF Plants,
Paris.
The former seems to be lemon with
round fruit, differing from a lustrato
only in size of fruit, while the one at
Paris appers to be alemon-citron or pom
! cire.
VARIETIES no. Y.
/ Citrus medica limon medulla, acido carente.
! Lilnonier 81 fruit doux.
Limon duIci medula. (rournef.)
Malus limonia major dulcis g. d. Pin)
Malus linonis minor dulcis (lD)
Limon douX. [Oiveir de Serr.]
Limon dulci Medulla: Zoett limoen van Fer
rarius. Commelyn Hesp. Belg.
Limon dulcis vugaris: Ital., Lirnon dolce
ordinari, EVolc.1 LimOn Lusitanus, dulci me-
dulla: Limon da Portugal dolce. lib.
Limon dulci medulla vulgaris: Limon dulci
medulla Olysipponensis. LFerr. Hssp.l Lima
dulcis: Ital., Lima dolce: Limetta Hispan1ca
eulcis VOlc
Citrus medica limon: Lime duce. [Desfont.
| PEcole de Bot
The lemon of sweet fruit is known
almost everywhere under the name OF
sweet lime (lima dulcis.) It's peculiar
Juice prevents it's being classed as lem
on. Some have given it a place among
those neuter fruits whose origin is un-
known, but which, when they approach
the lemon are called lines [ shall not
combat this opinion, neither can L adopt
| it for this lemon bears no trace of the
orange, in leaf, flower or fruit. Its juice
has not, it is true, the acidity of the
lemon, but it has not the sweetness of
the orange, being insipid rather than
sweet. This may be owing to an lmper-
fection in the organs that renders them
incapable of celebrating the sap, which
nourishes it and should produce citric
acid In this case the fruit is monster,
rather than a hybrid, and this monstros-
ity being peculiar to the plant and COM
mon to all its fruit, forms thus true
variety, which I am forced to place in
the list of lemons / shall not enlarge
upon this, but if one sees lemon of which
the Juice is sweetish and the pulp ex-
tremely white, that is the sweet lime.
1t is divided into many varieties in no.
wise distinguished the one from the 9TH
er, save by the size, the shape, and the
delicacy Of the fruit.
The most common bears lemon mid
ding round, often wrinkled at the point,
with a thick skin, and a white and
sweetish pulp. There is fine plant at
Versailles which they call sweet lime 1; it
is also found all over Liguria, where they
cultivate many sub-yarieties, of which
the most common bears fruit with elon-
gated point, and joined in groups of three
or four upon one stalk.