Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-03-30
FIVE FINGERED JAPAN ORANGES.


FIVE FINGERED JAPAN OhRNGtS.
They Hear IA Rcmar kahIy Close Rsscm-
blance to the Human Hand.
The five fingered orange is Il queer
thing, 1t grows exactly in the shape
of human hand, with thumb and
four fingers. 1t is II half open hand,
that Of this curious fruit, and the
close resemblance to II lean, long
nailed Chinese hand is startling.
Even the nails are identical, hard
pointed and clawlikc, tipping the
orange fingers with Il length equal
in some cases to three inches. 1t is
no interlopcr in II we'll regulated
family Of oranges, but II regular
momber, belonging to the Usage VA.
riety 1t has Il family name and u
Christian namo Of its own, hut its
pet name is five fingered orange
and nobody hut the hotanist cares
to call it by tn" long one which
means the same thing.
+. Gon2Ilcz who lives out on
wayne street. 1o''hd the o"d plant
year OF TWO ago over III Japan Ito
thought he had discovered Il sort Of
missing INK, SO ne brought 1t homo
10 put I'M" inc conservatory among
ms cholcest l'lah'H, where he GUARDS
IL us tlie apple Oh MS eye MOI
scale mug OF otiior riVif@ihS insect
mas Il chahcH 10 INo on us leaves
1"f nc mao hSpecla harNtllp pllI' '"r
l's use WIFI SN"rO IRON cllliilI'eI
III tiio center III NIilch nc PAGES 1t
perloalcallN' puts Il cover over IN"
Whoie thlh@ ana gives II" lurkiHh
lht'h lr'atlhclCol sulphur ana o'il'r
FUMES SUCH tS Wo''lu make even 'iie
sItlrdleS' Sc''i' pug TURN up us toes
III Is II Marcy SllruD, inc OUTDOOR GU
mate OF san fahc'Sco agreeing WIN
i'S ho"l'h oNcelicl''iY Well "l'iiou9h
ltS owner Is 30 cho'co OF II mat ne
doeSh give IL Il c0allcc 70 sl'ep ott
very often. In lt~ native country 1t
is usually kept ported, and the Japa.
ncso seem to be fully alive to its
value as an ornamental curiosity,
for Mr.. Gonzalez found it difficult
matter to get one to bring to Amcri-
ca, and so far nobody else ever did
get one.
The orange treo is Il ragged little
shrub that does not average moro
than five or six feet in height It
does not grow straight, as Il proper
" behaved trco il supposed to do, but
is curved everywhere. 1t would be
very difficult to find two consecutive
inches in the entire tree whose line
of direction is tie same. Even tho
branches grow in spiral forms, so
that the width of tho tree is often as
great as the height. There is II gen
erous supply of thorns hidden under
the leaves, and they are thorn. that
mean business. They are slender,
tV"7l. 's..a l~", ""@ ""o located in
All SORTS Oh unexpected places. Inc
leaves are hcSllT' long ana narrow
anu OF dark green color' lhcN re-
semple lemon Ieal more tll'lh an
orange lea1' lhde'ulh no'n thlT m
stance ana III the color OF 'hc rlpch-
Ell lrult thlS singular pl'lllt seems Ia
clam very close couSlnShlp to the
large lemon family me flowers
come out III Juno ana July ana are
very similar III appearance ana odor
10 the ordinary orange blossoms, save
that instead OF the lamlllnr creamy
Whltc color theN nave il u'llcate
pinklsh tint which Is very BEAUTIFUL
lhey commonly grow IN clusters or
TWO or three blossoms on alternate
nodes or tho branch,
The fruit Itself Is OF allght yellow
color, pure lemon hue, growing
greenlSh toward the stem. Inc SlH"
Is immense, considered relatively to
other oranges or to the SIZE OF IN"
tree, the largest ones measuring
when mature fully ten inches from
the wrist to the point OF the middle
finger, including the nail. 1t Is al
ways necessary to furnish a support
IN tho way OF props and strings to
llmD VIII he broken by the weight.
The fingers of the orange divide
ut about half the distance from tho