. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. Semi-Tropical Fruit-Trees and Plants. 13 CITRUS, continued. meat by preserving it in sugar. Most remark- ably productive when budded on rougli lemon stocks. A small tree, not over feet high and V five feet through, had over 2,000 fruits on the \j past year. A fine pot plant. 40 cents each, $4 per dozen. C. medica cedra, Citron. The
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. Semi-Tropical Fruit-Trees and Plants. 13 CITRUS, continued. meat by preserving it in sugar. Most remark- ably productive when budded on rougli lemon stocks. A small tree, not over feet high and V five feet through, had over 2,000 fruits on the \j past year. A fine pot plant. 40 cents each, $4 per dozen. C. medica cedra, Citron. The three following sorts of citrons were imported by the Pomo- logist (H. E. Van Deman) for the Department of Agriculture, in April, i8go. We have the original trees, and are propagating from them : Calabria, Amalfi, Sorrento, named from the Italian towns in which they are grown. Fine trees, 50 cents each, $5 per dozen. These are undoubtedly commercial varieties of Citron, and their culture should be very profitable here. CITRUS limonum. The Lemon. Of the large num- \ ber of excellent varieties, we consider the fol- ' lowing sorts all that can be desired : Belair Premium Lemon. A superior Lemon of Gen. VSanford's importation. Genoa. This tree was introduced into California from Genoa, Italy, about ten years ago. It is an early bearer, ever-bearing, and fruit of best quality as a market lemon. Rind sweet, stand- ing the test of both hot and cold water for twenty-four hours without developing bitter- ness. Tree described as thornless, and in most cases is nearly so, but we have found that when budded on thrifty, strong-growing stocks, the first year's growth is sometimes quite thorny. Sicily, (Imported.) Size medium ; rind sweet; skin smooth, thin, tough and dense ; membrane covering segments of pulp thin and small in quantity ; pulp juicy, acid, fine ; quality best. VNot a Florida-raised seedling, but the genuine imported Lemon of commerce. 7illa Franca. In very high flavor as a L
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